Determine Document Type (Word XP)

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Is there anyway to programmatically determine whether a file is a template or a document? I have been sent some “templates” – they all have the .dot extension, but when I use Save As it gives me the option to Save as file type: Word document. I believe that this means the file is actually a document, just named with the .dot extension, and thus has all attributes of a document not a template.

Comments/suggestions would be appreciated.

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I used to do this in a convoluted way, but as of Word 2002, you can use:

If ActiveDocument.Type = wdTypeTemplate Then

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Thank you – works perfectly

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Hi Jefferson,

The wdTypeTemplate property is also supported in Word 2000 – just in case anyone’s concerned with backwards compatability.

Cheers

Cheers,
Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

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