New design template path

[Jesper Nielsen]

Short:
Is it possible to have a different design template path than Word's user template path?

Situation:
We are storing Word's normal.dot in the user's home directory, which is on a server. Now the marketing department wants to implement a custom designed template for all users. If I need to place the new template (default.pot) on each user's home directory, I am wasting hundreds of MB placing the same file in each direcory.

Jesper

 

[Sonia]

You are correct that the pointer to the template folder is set in Word. One
suggestion would be to place a shortcut to the corporate template in the
template directory.
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Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com

 

[Jesper Nielsen]

Hi Sonia

I tried that, but it does not have the desired effect. Placing a default.pot in the template directory loads the template automatically in PowerPoint forcing the user to use it.

A shortcut called default.pot does not do that trick.

Jesper
You are correct that the pointer to the template folder is set in Word. One
suggestion would be to place a shortcut to the corporate template in the
template directory.
--

Sonia Coleman
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Team
Autorun Software, Templates and Tutorials
http://www.soniacoleman.com