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David Whyte wrote in message ... : This solution worked for me. However, it presented one additional problem. When the word.doc opens, it is not picking up the default normal.dot with our corporate settings. : : : : ?? wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : 26-May-08 : : Using WinXP Home SP2 with Office 2007. : When I r-click on my desktop and choose New | New Microsoft Office Word : Document, it creates a .docx document by default. I would rather it : create a 97-2003 compatible .doc instead. : How do I do this? : : Previous Posts In This Thread: : : On Monday, May 26, 2008 9:32 PM : ?? wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : Using WinXP Home SP2 with Office 2007. : When I r-click on my desktop and choose New | New Microsoft Office Word : Document, it creates a .docx document by default. I would rather it : create a 97-2003 compatible .doc instead. : How do I do this? : : On Monday, May 26, 2008 10:00 PM : Jay Freedman wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : On Mon, 26 May 2008 18:32:15 -0700, "??" wrote: : : : The right-click New menu on the desktop also contains "Microsoft Office Word : 97-2003 Document". Click that instead. : : The alternative is some fairly serious mucking about in the registry. It just : isn't worth the probability that you'll make a mistake and end up unable to use : Word at all. : : -- : Regards, : Jay Freedman : Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. : : On Monday, May 26, 2008 11:37 PM : ?? wrote: : : Nope - all I have is "New Microsoft Office Word Document" - there is no option : Nope - all I have is "New Microsoft Office Word Document" - there is no : option for another format. (Only Excel, Acces and other Office docs). : : : I'm willing to give the registry a go! Please help! : Thanks very much. : : On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 3:14 AM : Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote: : : Add Word 97 - 2003 entry to the New menu after installing Word : Add Word 97 - 2003 entry to the New menu after installing Word 2007:=20 : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...the-new-menu-= : after-installing-word-2007/ : : --=20 : Regards, : : Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] : The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog : Windows=AE Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com : : "=A9=AE" wrote in message = : ... : Using WinXP Home SP2 with Office 2007. : When I r-click on my desktop and choose New | New Microsoft Office Word=20 : Document, it creates a .docx document by default. I would rather it=20 : create a 97-2003 compatible .doc instead. : How do I do this?=20 : : On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:19 AM : Jay Freedman wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : ?? wrote: : : Follow the link in Ramesh's reply : (http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...ng-word-2007/). : : I wasn't aware before that a .reg file was available to do the registry work : for you and avoid mistakes. Download the file word03-shellnew.reg from the : link on that page to your desktop, and then double-click the file on the : desktop. You'll be asked whether to add it to the registry, and you should : say yes. Also read the rest of the article to know what to expect. : : -- : Regards, : Jay Freedman : Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so : all may benefit. : : On Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:37 PM : Bob Buckland ?:-\) wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : Hi Jay, : : The procedure is a variation of the one in : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935787/en-us?FR=1 : which also helps to create a .reg file, : but that can get confusing g. : : ========== : "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... : Follow the link in Ramesh's reply : (http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...ng-word-2007/). : : I wasn't aware before that a .reg file was available to do the registry work : for you and avoid mistakes. Download the file word03-shellnew.reg from the : link on that page to your desktop, and then double-click the file on the : desktop. You'll be asked whether to add it to the registry, and you should : say yes. Also read the rest of the article to know what to expect. : : -- : Regards, : Jay Freedman : -- : : Bob Buckland ?:-) : MS Office System Products MVP : : *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:24 AM : ?? wrote: : : Thanks so much! : Thanks so much! : By the way, what if I want to remove it at a later stage - how do I go : about doing that? And, is it possibel to only have the 97-2003 version : when r-clicking and *not* 2007 version? : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:26 AM : ?? wrote: : : Thanks so much! : Thanks so much! : By the way, what if I want to remove it at a later stage - how do I go : about doing that? And, is it possibel to only have the 97-2003 version : when r-clicking and *not* 2007 version? : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:26 AM : ?? wrote: : : Thanks so much! : Thanks so much! : By the way, what if I want to remove it at a later stage - how do I go : about doing that? And, is it possibel to only have the 97-2003 version : when r-clicking and *not* 2007 version? : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:36 AM : Jay Freedman wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : ?? wrote: : : To remove the Word 97-2003 item from the New menu, follow the numbered : instructions in the article, except replace steps 3 and 4 with these: : : 3. Right-click the word Nullfile in the right-hand pane. : 4. Choose Delete. Answer 'yes' to the 'Are you sure?' prompt. : : I found that I have to open the New menu twice; the item is still there the : first time but is gone the second time. : : To remove the Word 2007 item from the menu, again follow the numbered : instructions with the replaced steps, but work on the location : : HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.docx\Word.Document.12\ShellNew : : (Although I don't really understand the compulsion to use Word 2007 but : force it to be Word 2003.) : : -- : Regards, : Jay Freedman : Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org : Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so : all may benefit. : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:34 AM : Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote: : : Done! : Done! I've made available three other REG files (available in a Zip = : file). Check he : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...the-new-menu-= : after-installing-word-2007/ : : --=20 : Regards, : : Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] : The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog : Windows=AE Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com : : "=A9=AE" wrote in message = : ... : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...the-new-menu-= : after-installing-word-2007/ : : : Thanks so much! : By the way, what if I want to remove it at a later stage - how do I go : about doing that? And, is it possibel to only have the 97-2003 version : when r-clicking and *not* 2007 version? : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:32 PM : ?? wrote: : : Done! : Done! I've made available three other REG files (available in a Zip : file). Check he : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...ing-word-2007/ : : Again, thank you Ramesh - just what I needed. Much appreciated! :-) : : On Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:53 PM : Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : You're welcome : : --=20 : Regards, : : Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] : The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog : Windows=AE Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com : : "=A9=AE" wrote in message = : ... : Done! I've made available three other REG files (available in a Zip=20 : file). Check he : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...the-new-menu-= : after-installing-word-2007/ : : Again, thank you Ramesh - just what I needed. Much appreciated! :-) : : On Friday, May 30, 2008 6:30 PM : ?? wrote: : : Excuse my "newness" to tweaking things like these r-click new options, but : Excuse my "newness" to tweaking things like these r-click new options, : but what the regedit entries be for: : Excel, Access and the other office apps? : Would you mind adding options for 97-2003 and 2007 for each of the : office apps. I might like using just Word and Excel, but someone might : like Word and Access. : Thanks!!! : : On Monday, June 02, 2008 2:18 AM : Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote: : : R-click create new Word doc (not docx) : I've uploaded the Excel REG files he : http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ad...the-new-menu-= : after-installing-word-2007/ : : --=20 : Regards, : : Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] : The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog : Windows=AE Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com : : "=A9=AE" wrote in message = : ... : Excuse my "newness" to tweaking things like these r-click new options,=20 : but what the regedit entries be for: : Excel, Access and the other office apps? : Would you mind adding options for 97-2003 and 2007 for each of the=20 : office apps. I might like using just Word and Excel, but someone might=20 : like Word and Access. : Thanks!!!=20 : : On Monday, June 02, 2008 11:48 AM : ?? wrote: : : Again, thank you very much, Ramesh. : Again, thank you very much, Ramesh. : : On Friday, July 25, 2008 1:55 PM : Pierre A Plauzoles wrote: : : Hello.Genuinely nice try -- as far as it goes. : Hello. : : Genuinely nice try -- as far as it goes. I don't know if what is you : are suggesting is available on my machine, but I sure can't find it -- : and I don't have the time to look for it now. The flip side is that I : do know that there is a work-around for it, which is no doubt available : on all WinVista machines. I open a new (blank) document and let it load : as a *.docx. When the blank screen comes up, I immediately save it as a : *.doc (MSWord97/2003) document. I say "immediately" because I have had : problems with MSWord2002 locking up and crashing if I don't. : : I hope this helps. : : Pierre A Plauzoles : : : Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote: : : : Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice : Outlook Form Programming : Search the free/busy status of users and get the free users in time specified in appointment form(start time and end time) : http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...ogramming.aspx |
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