Setting up default template for a group

[Dollie]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself, but my
whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File, New and
selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace "New"
with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word opens to a
blank document with the normal.dot template, every single time.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Is there any way to set up a default template for not just myself,
but my whole work group?

I want to standardize our documents and apply a custom template to
everyone's workstation instead of depending on them to click File,
New and selecting the template every single time.

I have tried the suggestion of customizing the toolbar and replace
"New" with "New...", but that doesn't get around the fact that Word
opens to a blank document with the normal.dot template, every single
time.

Create a normal.dot that has what you like.

If you have a server, copy it to a share on the server, to which users don't
have anything other than "read" permissions, and point all users to that
share for their templates in tools | options | file locations.

Or, copy the normal.dot to each user's computer, and if you wish, make it a
read-only file so nobody modifies it, if that's your goal.