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Create a file from a template on a Web server

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1. Open the Office program you want to use to create the file.

2. From the New File task pane in any Office XP program, click Templates on my Web sites.

   If the New File task pane is closed, click File, and then click New.

3. If you have created a shortcut to the folder on the Web server that contains the template you want to use, double-click the shortcut.
   
   If you haven't created a shortcut to the folder on the Web server that contains the template you want to use, you must create a new shortcut.  

   How?

   Windows 2000 or Windows Millennium Edition

   1. Double-click Add Network Place.
   2. Click Create a shortcut to an existing Network Place, and then click Next.

   3. Type the URL of the Web server.

   4. Type a name for the shortcut to the Web server, and then click Finish.

   Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 98

   1. From the desktop, double-click My Computer.

   2. Double-click Web Folders.

   3. Double-click Add Web Folder.

   4. Click Create a shortcut to an existing Web Folder, and then click Next.

   5. Type the URL of the Web server.

   6. Type a name for the shortcut to the Web server, and then click Finish.

4. Double-click the folder that contains the template you want to use.
5. Double-click the template file.
6. Type the content for the new file.
7. Click File, and then click Save.
8. Type a name for the file, and then click Save.