Microsoft KB Archive/132125

= XL7: No Shortcut Menu for Template in New Dialog Box =

PSS ID Number: 132125

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0

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This article was previously published under Q132125





SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Excel, when you click the right mouse button on a file in the New dialog box to display details about the file, your computer may beep instead of displaying a menu for the file.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you save a Microsoft Excel template file to the Xlstart folder. The Microsoft Excel Xlstart folder is available for compatibility with Microsoft Excel version 5.0. In Microsoft Excel version 7.0, you can still create a new workbook from a template stored in this folder. However, when you click the right mouse button on the template file in the New dialog box, your computer may beep instead of displaying a shortcut menu for the file.

All new templates that you create in Microsoft Excel version 7.0 should be saved to either of the following locations

MSOffice\Template

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MSOffice\Template\Excel

where MSOffice is the folder to which you installed Microsoft Office. When you save a file as a template in Microsoft Excel, the default file location is the Template folder in the Microsoft Office folder.

Normally, the shortcut menu for a template in the New dialog box in Microsoft Excel contains the following commands:

New

Open

Cut

Copy

Create Shorcut

Delete

Properties



RESOLUTION
To display the shortcut menu for a template file in the New dialog box, save the file to either the default template folder (that is, the Template folder in the Microsoft Office folder) or the Excel folder in the Template folder, instead of to the Xlstart folder.

Keywords: KB132125

Technology: kbExcel95 kbExcel95Search kbExcelSearch kbExcelWinSearch

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