Word 2007 Getting rid of standard templates

The deal is that Word 2007 doesn't provide any way to remove or uninstall
the default templates. Period.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

<jpparekh.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Same issue here. Office 2007. There is no option to remove sample
templates from Setup. What's the deal?

On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful
Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote:
> Hi Martinson,
>
> Which template dialog are you using inWord2007(there is more than one that
> can be installed <g>) and what are the steps you're
> using to access it.
>
> Was Office2007installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier
> version?
>
> What edition of Office2007are you using.
>
> ===============
> <<"martinson" <martin....DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> messagenews:C20B9A9B-D9EA-427C-8041-F5DD4451ABFB@microsoft.com...
> I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
> standard templates that are automatically installed withWord. So far the
> responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
> anyone
> know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my templatetabs
> appear first?? This is so annoying!!
> --
> martinson portland >>
> --
>
> Bob Buckland ?
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
> *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

And in replying to that message you answered none of the questions that were asked.

===========
>><jpparekh.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3e407125-c2b3-4976-913c-fe57e10fd147@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
Same issue here. Office 2007. There is no option to remove sample
templates from Setup. What's the deal? <<
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

File / New tabbed version of the dialog. Using Office 2007 Standard
Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
\Templates\1033 and if you remove them, they still show up in File /
New. In previous versions of Word, removing the sample templates was
enough but that's not the case anymore. There is no option in Add/
Remove or Setup to NOT install Sample templates for Word (or at least
in Word 2007). This is a fresh install of Office not an upgrade.

On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful
Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote:
> Hi Martinson,
>
> Which template dialog are you using inWord2007(there is more than one that can be installed <g>) and what are the steps you're
> using to access it.
>
> Was Office2007installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier version?
>
> What edition of Office2007are you using.
>
> ===============
>   <<"martinson" <martin... RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messagenews:C20B9A9B-D9EA-427C-8041-F5DD4451ABFB@microsoft.com...
> I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
> standard templates that are automatically installed withWord.  So far the
> responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone
> know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my templatetabs
> appear first??  This is so annoying!!
> --
> martinson portland >>
> --
>
> Bob  Buckland  ?
> MS Office System Products MVP
>
>   *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

I've found this key that holds information about those different
templates

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components
\8F622368F04F7B849A7B2021EE668F21

When I renamed it, the default templates and tabs no longer show on
the File/New.

On Aug 28, 9:32 am, jppar....TakeThisOut@gmail.com wrote:
> File/Newtabbed version of the dialog.  Using Office2007Standard
> Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
> \Templates\1033 and if youremovethem, they still show up inFile/New.  In previous versions ofWord, removing the sample templates was
> enough but that's not the case anymore.  There is no option in Add/Removeor Setup to NOT install Sample templates forWord(or at least
> inWord2007).  This is a fresh install of Office not an upgrade.
>
> On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob   Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful
>
>
>
> Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Hi Martinson,
>
> > Which template dialog are you using inWord2007(there is more than one that can be installed <g>) and what are the steps you're
> > using to access it.
>
> > Was Office2007installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier version?
>
> > What edition of Office2007are you using.
>
> > ===============
> >   <<"martinson" <martin....TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in messagenews:C20B9A9B-D9EA-427C-8041-F5DD4451ABFB@microsoft.com...
> > I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
> > standard templates that are automatically installed withWord.  So far the
> > responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone
> > know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my templatetabs
> > appear first??  This is so annoying!!
> > --
> > martinson portland >>
> > --
>
> > Bob  Buckland  ?
> > MS Office System Products MVP
>
> >   *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Whoa! That's useful information! So this makes File | New the equivalent of
My Templates? But can you still access the default templates some other way?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

<jpparekh DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7929eb0b-ea3c-4084-a4d6-a38036afe22f@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
I've found this key that holds information about those different
templates

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components
\8F622368F04F7B849A7B2021EE668F21

When I renamed it, the default templates and tabs no longer show on
the File/New.

On Aug 28, 9:32 am, jppar... DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:
> File/Newtabbed version of the dialog. Using Office2007Standard
> Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
> \Templates\1033 and if youremovethem, they still show up inFile/New. In
> previous versions ofWord, removing the sample templates was
> enough but that's not the case anymore. There is no option in Add/Removeor
> Setup to NOT install Sample templates forWord(or at least
> inWord2007). This is a fresh install of Office not an upgrade.
>
> On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful
>
>
>
> Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Hi Martinson,
>
> > Which template dialog are you using inWord2007(there is more than one
> > that can be installed <g>) and what are the steps you're
> > using to access it.
>
> > Was Office2007installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier
> > version?
>
> > What edition of Office2007are you using.
>
> > ===============
> > <<"martinson" <martin... DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > messagenews:C20B9A9B-D9EA-427C-8041-F5DD4451ABFB@microsoft.com...
> > I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
> > standard templates that are automatically installed withWord. So far the
> > responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
> > anyone
> > know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my templatetabs
> > appear first?? This is so annoying!!
> > --
> > martinson portland >>
> > --
>
> > Bob Buckland ?
> > MS Office System Products MVP
>
> > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- Hide quoted
> > text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

JP

Well done. I admire your persistence in finding this key.

I've noted that in addition to the global removal of all the installed
templates, you can also rename the key for individual templates and
therefore keep selective templates if you want.

Blank normal and blank XML are fortunately retained even when globally
renaming the key.

Again, many thanks for this tip.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

<jpparekh.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:7929eb0b-ea3c-4084-a4d6-a38036afe22f@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
I've found this key that holds information about those different
templates

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components
\8F622368F04F7B849A7B2021EE668F21

When I renamed it, the default templates and tabs no longer show on
the File/New.

On Aug 28, 9:32 am, jppar....RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:
> File/Newtabbed version of the dialog. Using Office2007Standard
> Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office
> \Templates\1033 and if youremovethem, they still show up inFile/New. In
> previous versions ofWord, removing the sample templates was
> enough but that's not the case anymore. There is no option in Add/Removeor
> Setup to NOT install Sample templates forWord(or at least
> inWord2007). This is a fresh install of Office not an upgrade.
>
> On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful
>
>
>
> Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote:
> > Hi Martinson,
>
> > Which template dialog are you using inWord2007(there is more than one
> > that can be installed <g>) and what are the steps you're
> > using to access it.
>
> > Was Office2007installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier
> > version?
>
> > What edition of Office2007are you using.
>
> > ===============
> > <<"martinson" <martin....RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > messagenews:C20B9A9B-D9EA-427C-8041-F5DD4451ABFB@microsoft.com...
> > I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
> > standard templates that are automatically installed withWord. So far the
> > responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
> > anyone
> > know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my templatetabs
> > appear first?? This is so annoying!!
> > --
> > martinson portland >>
> > --
>
> > Bob Buckland ?
> > MS Office System Products MVP
>
> > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*- Hide quoted
> > text -
>
> - Show quoted text -