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Word96
I have downloaded several Office templaates from Office online, but they come

in *.cab files. Who knows how to instal the actual template so that I can use

it?



example : 10081922.cab contains 10081922.potx and content.inf


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This newsgroup is for questions about Microsoft Word. Your question

appears to be off-topic here because it appears to be about a Microsoft

Powerpoint template. And you downloaded a Powerpoint 2007 template,

which will not work in Powerpoint 2003.



Fisherman wrote:

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Dear Fisherman,



Even though Garfield-n-odie rightly points out that your posting is

off-topic, Word 2007 templates also come now inside .cab files, so I will

address your question.



These templates are not supposed to work in Office 2003.



Office 2007 has built-in support to process these templates transparently

for the user. This support helps the user to get its template into its

proper Office application without the user having to find out which folder is

that template located. My personal experience tells me that the average user

usually loses track of where he downloads his files. Most of the time,

non-expert users have no clue of what a file is, what a folder is, what to do

with either, nor of a nifty little tool called Windows Explorer that can take

care of such miseries. This feature takes care of yet one more headache for

IT support.



If you want to use them, your best bet is to upgrade to Office 2007.



Sorry I cannot be of more help.





"Fisherman" wrote: