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MS Word Templates

Im wondering if someone can please help me out with this....
I used to use Word 2007 and had a fairly decent CV template but can't remember what it was called - my computer exploded last week and Ive lost everything including my CV, at present Im borrowing an old computer which only has Word 2003. It only has 3 templates all of which are rubbish and looking online I can't find anything like my old one on 07.

So firstly is there anyway of finding this standard Word 2007 template anywhere, Ive done a search online but had no luck.

Secondly if anyone can point me in the direction of a link to them is there anyway that I can open it in 2003?

Really need my CV sorted for this afternoon:o
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  • charlie792
    charlie792 Posts: 1,744 Forumite
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    edited 29 March 2011 at 12:12PM
    The ones on there for 2003 arn't great...Found a few on there for 2007 but I cant open them in 2003...any ideas?
    MFW 2020 #111 Offset Balance £69,394.80/ £69,595.11
    Aug 2014 £114,750 -35 yrs (2049)
    Sept 2016 £104,800
    Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)

  • mbrownish
    mbrownish Posts: 43 Forumite
    charlie792 wrote: »
    The ones on there for 2003 arn't great...Found a few on there for 2007 but I cant open them in 2003...any ideas?

    Install the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats." (As per link above from m5rcc who just beat me to it...)
  • could you download a trial version of Office 2010 (which should be able to open any .doc or .docx file) and use that?
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  • charlie792
    charlie792 Posts: 1,744 Forumite
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    Thanks but unfortunatly the compatability pack only works for .docx files rather than the .dotx files which are templates...
    MFW 2020 #111 Offset Balance £69,394.80/ £69,595.11
    Aug 2014 £114,750 -35 yrs (2049)
    Sept 2016 £104,800
    Nov 2018 £82,500 -24 yrs (2042)

  • Dave_C_2
    Dave_C_2 Posts: 1,827 Forumite
    Make sure you are connected to the Internet and start Word
    All in Word 2003:
    1) Ensure that you can see the task pane at the Right hand side
    Select View>task pane if you can't see it.
    2) Select File>New
    3) The task pane title switches from Getting started to New document
    4) Under Templates Search online for for type CV in the box
    5) Hit enter or click on Go
    6) You should now see a big list of CV templates

    HTH, Dave
  • Owain_Moneysaver
    Owain_Moneysaver Posts: 11,389 Forumite
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    charlie792 wrote: »
    Thanks but unfortunatly the compatability pack only works for .docx files rather than the .dotx files which are templates...

    You can convert .dotx to .docx with DOTX to DOCX Converter
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