Microsoft KB Archive/62024

Works: Creating More Than One Template File

PSS ID Number: Q62024 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

1.00 1.05 2.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Only one template file can be created in Works version 2.00 for each of the Works Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Database, and Communication applications. However, there is a method that allows you to create more than one template file for each of these functions. This method is also useful for creating template files in Works 1.00 and 1.05, which do not have a template function.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To create additional template files, do the following:

  Create a new document (ALT+F, N).   Enter the information that will compose the template file.   Save the file with a unique name you will recognize.   Apply the DOS ATTRIB command to make the file read-only. Enter the following at the DOS prompt: Attrib +r filename.ext   Load Works and open the file. The error message “CANNOT CHANGE - FILE IS READ-ONLY” will appear on the screen. Press ENTER to bypass the error message.   Enter the document-specific information.   Save the file by choosing “Save As” under the file menu (ALT+F, A) and give the file a new name. (If the Save option is selected rather than Save As, the error message “CANNOT SAVE FILE OR PRINT FILE” will be displayed.) Press ENTER to bypass this error message. The Save As dialog box will then appear on the screen and you can enter a new for your document. 

Template files can be created in the same way without the ATTRIB command. However, ATTRIB protects the template file so that it won’t be accidentally modified.

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