Web pages and Office Apps

[pyramid36]

I'm trying to set up a webpage that I can run on my PC that will allow me to select and run templates from both Word and Excel. I have links set up to templates for various documents and spreadsheets. When I click on them I get the File Download window that asks me what I want to do with this file? Save it to disk or open it. What I want to have happen is for it to open the file in Word or Excel as a template, allow me to do my work, and then save it (of course using WOPR file save as) and get on with my work.

[WebGenii]

What browser are you using?

[pyramid36]

I'm using IE 5.x

[WebGenii]

Can you test for me? Try accessing an ordinary word or excel document and describe the behaviour.

[pyramid36]

I set up hyperlinks to both an Excel spreadsheet and a Word document. Clicking on either link opens the document in the assoicated program. Clicking on the template still produces the same result as before.

[WebGenii]

Try posting a link to this thread on the Internet Explorer board. In the meantime, what you are experiencing is due to the default behaviour of IE when opening files of a type it is unfamiliar with. Perhaps an IE guru will have a suggestion on how to change your IE configuration.