MS OrgChart v2.00 -- is there a templates file format extension?

[StargateFanFromWork]

I know this is a long shot, but it's worth a try. In Excel, we can make
template files that don't get overwritten when used as all of you know. The
extension is XLT. For Wordperfect it is WPT and for Word it is DOT. Is
there such a thing for MS OrgChart? I'd like to create copies of some major
charts to use as templates in the future without worrying about forgetting
to rename. The so-called "templates" feature in OrgChart is nothing of the
kind, of course, it's more of an ability to choose a few minor options ahead
of time.

tia. Not holding out, but you never know. D

 

[Bob I]

Perhaps you mean ".opx" files? You may D/L an older copy of the
application that can create them at the link below.

You receive an error message when you try to edit Organization Chart 2.0
objects that are created in earlier versions of Office
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826835/en-us

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

You may want to have a look at the 'Full Product' version at http://orgplus.com .

The long discontinued MS Orgchart subset, written when it was developed by 'Banner Blue Software' had far fewer features. Charts
can be saved and reopened as .OPX files. You can use Windows to set the properties of an .OPX file to 'read only' as a way to keep
from overwriting it accidentally rather than using 'Save As'.

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I know this is a long shot, but it's worth a try. In Excel, we can make
template files that don't get overwritten when used as all of you know. The
extension is XLT. For Wordperfect it is WPT and for Word it is DOT. Is
there such a thing for MS OrgChart? I'd like to create copies of some major
charts to use as templates in the future without worrying about forgetting
to rename. The so-called "templates" feature in OrgChart is nothing of the
kind, of course, it's more of an ability to choose a few minor options ahead
of time.

tia. Not holding out, but you never know. D >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[StargateFanFromWork]

I thought of doing that this morning before I posted this but at that moment
dismissed it. If OrgChart doesn't have an actual template file format vs
the regular OPX file format, then I guess it will be the best way to go.
I'll try it, at any rate after all.

I've been finding this old app quite handy over the last couple of days. It
occurred to me it might be a way to do a simple daily TO DO list and it's
turned out to work very well since I only needed something very light and
simple without going being too simple as in Notepad <g>.

I set up a "template" for Work and another for "Personal". I'll set
attributes of these to "Read Only". Not perfect, but it'll at least stop me
from overwriting the masters as easily <g>.

Thanks. D

You may want to have a look at the 'Full Product' version at

http://orgplus.com .

The long discontinued MS Orgchart subset, written when it was developed

by 'Banner Blue Software' had far fewer features. Charts

can be saved and reopened as .OPX files. You can use Windows to set the

properties of an .OPX file to 'read only' as a way to keep

 

[StargateFanFromWork]

I thought of doing that this morning before I posted this but at that moment
dismissed it. If OrgChart doesn't have an actual template file format vs
the regular OPX file format, then I guess it will be the best way to go.
I'll try it, at any rate after all.
[snip]

You may want to have a look at the 'Full Product' version at

http://orgplus.com .

The long discontinued MS Orgchart subset, written when it was developed

by 'Banner Blue Software' had far fewer features. Charts

can be saved and reopened as .OPX files. You can use Windows to set the

properties of an .OPX file to 'read only' as a way to keep

from overwriting it accidentally rather than using 'Save As'.

[snip]

Turns out that this works perfectly. Thanks for the tip. D