The templates on the task pane are from

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033

which comes along with the installation..


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"Jim Peterson" wrote:

Thanks for the reply Jacob.

As it stands now, my templates are in two locations:

First, all the templates are located in C:\Documents and
Settings\<username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\ as they always have
been. (I have not deleted these until I know everything is functioning
properly.)

Secondly, I have copied all of them to C:\Data Files\Templates\Word or Excel
depending on the type of file.

Now, when I create a new Word template, it saves to the C:\Data
Files\Templates\Word location and does not save to the C:\Documents and
Settings\<username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\ location. When I
ask to open a Word template it automatically goes to the C:\Data Files...
location which is what I want it to do.

However, Excel is not working this way. After reading your reply, to test
what was happening, I created a new Excel template and saved it. It saved to
the C:\Data Files... location and not to the C:\Documents and Settings...
location. This seemed to be working as you suggested it would.

But now, when I try to create a new workbook by selecting File|New and then
"On my computer..." on the task pane, none of my templates are displayed in
the dialog box that opens.

Similarly, when I have an open workbook, right click on a tab and select
"Insert..." I get the same empty dialog box.

I think I'm probably on the right track, but just have a setting that isn't
selected correctly.

Any ideas?

And thanks for your help and advice,
Jim


"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

The default template location for MSOffice applications is

C:\Documents and Settings\<username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\

The User template location in MS Word is common for MS Office products; if
you change that in MS Word; Excel,Powerpoint and all MSOffice Applications
will take that as the template location. You can try that in Excel or
PowerPoint while you try to change the file type to .xlt/.pptx the default
folder is the same. If you are familar with VBA; you can retreive the
templates path for MS Office using
Application.TemplatesPath

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"Jim Peterson" wrote:

Hi everyone and thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

I am using XP Pro and Office Pro 2003.

On my hard drive, I have always saved all data files under one directory
called "Data Files". Original name, huh?

Anyhow, under "Data Files" are sub directories for Word, Excel, Publisher,
etc. and then more sub directories as needed. The obvious reason for this is
ease of backup. I only have to backup one directory to capture all of my
created files.

The problem is with my user created templates. In Word, on the menu bar, I
can access Tools|Options|File Locations tab and it will let me specify
(change) the file location for all my Word templates. I now save them all in
my Data Files\Templates\Word directory.

Can I do the same thing in Excel? The only place I can even finds any file
location options is under the Tools|Options|General tab, but I don't see any
way to edit the templates location/directory.

I would like to be able to store my Excel templates in Date
Files\Templates\Excel if that is possible.

Any help or ideas? Thanks again if anybody has any suggestions.

Jim