"maryj" wrote:

I'm not sure if this is a Windows question or Excel question, so I'm starting
here. A client has Win XP/Office 2003. She would like to be able to use the
File, New command to access Excel templates (.xlt files) that are saved on a
network drive. She would like these templates to appear on their own own tab
in the dialog box when clicking on "On my computer..." Any suggestions?

Click on ToolsOptions then select the General tab and change the Alternate
Startup file location as described in this extract from the help file
entitled "Guidelines for storing templates" :-

To use templates stored on a network file location, you can specify that
location as the alternate startup folder. Custom templates stored in the
XLStart folder or the alternate startup folder appear on the General tab in
the New dialog box (File menu).

Alternatively, as Excel is part of MS office, the default template folder
can be set in MS Word (Tools, Options, File Locations)