Attaching a template to a document

[Guest]

I have different templates that I use for different documents, so I don't
want to attach it to the normal template. But I find that each time I open a
document I have to go through the steps of attaching the template. Why isn't
it permanently attached to the document, or is there something I missed?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you are creating a document based on a specific template and reopening it
on a machine where that template is present (and in the expected location),
I can't imagine that you would have to reattach it. Are you using a template
on a network?

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[Guest]

It's a template I created, and it's located with the other templates I get
when I open a new document from a template. Does that make sense? In other
words, I think it's in the right place.

 

[Guest]

when you click on file\new and you get the templates dialogbox make sure to
pick create new document and not a template. If you create a new template
based onaa template and then save it as a document, word it will attach
normal.dot to the document.

 

[Graham Mayor]

It will only attach 'normal.dot' if the document is created from normal.dot.
The functions and facilities of normal.dot on the current PC are present
for every document - unless over-ridden by the document template from which
the document was created. No 'attaching' of templates should be involved
anywhere in this process.

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[Guest]

The thing I've been doing is *open* an existing file and then attaching the
template I made. I guess I have to create a new doc with my template and then
import the file I want to work on? It's easier to just attach the template
every time. Thanks everybody.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You appear to be confused about documents and templates.

Templates (extension dot in versions up to Word 2003) contain layouts and
static text and are used to create new documents. Documents (extension doc)
created from templates hold the characteristics of the templates they are
created from. You don't need to attach templates to existing documents.

You can insert or paste text into an existing document or a new document .


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[Guest]

I'm not confused; I probably wasn't clear. Here's exactly what I do:

1. Open a document (it's using the normal template).
2. Go to "Tools" and choose "Templates and Add-ins"
3. Choose "Attach"
4. Choose a different template, the one I made.

If I shouldn't have to attach a template, why is that option available? And
then I'm back to my original question: Once I attach my template, why doesn't
it get saved with the document I've attached it to?

 

[Graham Mayor]

My comments concerned the possibility that you were creating documents from
normal.dot then attaching other templates to change the formatting as a
matter of course, instead of simply creating the documents from your
templates in the first place.

If you open a document and attach a different template, then the main
differences will be to the formatting of the styles of the same names used
in both templates. If you have the document with the new template attached,
then that template information should remain with the document.

I can think of no mechanism that would prevent that.

When spurious problems exist -
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm then
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm usually resolves
them.

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