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Error message when you try to modify a Word template in Accounting Professional 2007 or in Accounting Express 2007: Schema not found for the selected template

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Article ID: 939558 - Last Review: September 10, 2011 - Revision: 2.0

Error message when you try to modify a Word template in Accounting Professional or in Accounting Express: "Schema not found for the selected template"

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to modify a Microsoft Office Word template in Microsoft Office Accounting Professional or in Microsoft Office Accounting Express, you receive the following message:
Schema not found for the selected template.

CAUSE

This problem occurs if the following conditions are true:
  • You create a Word template in a version of Microsoft Office that does not use XML schemas.
  • You try to modify this Word template in a version of Office that uses XML schemas.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, follow the appropriate steps.

In Microsoft Office Word 2003 Professional or in the stand-alone version of Word 2003

  1. On the Company menu, click Manage Word Templates.
  2. Under Template types, click a template type, click a name in the Templates list, and then click Modify.
  3. On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-ins.
  4. Click the XML Schema tab.
  5. Under Available XML Schemas, click the schema that you must use for the Word template.

    Note For example, if you click an invoice template, click to select the SmallBusinessAccounting Sales Invoice Exporting Schema check box.
  6. Click the XML Expansion Packs tab, and then click Add.
  7. Click Smart Document for Sales Invoices.
  8. Click OK, and then click Yes.

In Microsoft Office Word 2007

  1. On the Company menu, click Manage Word Templates.
  2. Under Template types, click a template type, click a name in the Templates list, and then click Modify.
  3. Verify that the Developer tab appears. If the Developer tab does not appear, follow these steps:
    1. Click the Microsoft Office Button
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      Microsoft Office Button
      , click Word Options, and then click Popular.
    2. Under Top options for working with Word, click to select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box.
  4. On the Developer tab, click Schema in the XML pane.
  5. Click the XML Expansion Packs tab, click Add, and then click Smart Document for Sales Invoices.
  6. Click OK, and then click Yes.

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
  • Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007
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