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An In-depth Look at PRIME 97 for Word 97 - Find My Dot

by Lee Hudspeth

Continuing with our coverage of PRIME 97's feature set, in the last issue we featured Create Program Shortcut and in this issue we'll spotlight the newcomer Find My Dot.

"If I had a nickel for every time I've done that..."

Eliminating the hassle of repeated, complicated actions is the genesis of many utilities from independent development companies like ours. While we were reviewing PRIME 97 for Word's final feature set, we were also slaving away on a book manuscript. Since the publisher's style guide was in a constant state of flux, we were frequently updating the Word template. One of us was the master of the master template, and got tired of having to poke around in Word's File / Open dialog box, navigate to the right folder, find the right file, and open it. Repeat.

Find My Dot takes this concept a few steps further. With one click, this tool figures out the current document's parent template and then handily displays a dialog box including the full path and filename of that template, plus these buttons:

• Open It -- not surprisingly, but very conveniently, opens the template

• New File -- creates a new file based on the parent template

Naturally, there's a Help button too. So if you've ever longed for a way to quickly pop open any document's parent template, or fire off a new file based on same, or just see its full path and filename, welcome to Find My Dot.

Find My Dot is just one of dozens of productivity-enhancement utilities in PRIME 97 for Word 97. Check out a free 30-day trial at:
http://www.PRIMEConsulting.com/software/p97wd.html
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