newly created template opens as a document

[deb]

I have created a template that I want to use as
stationary. I have saved it as a document template in the
template file. However, when I open this file to be used
as stationary, the template is editable.

Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

That's the way it's supposed to work. You create new documents based on the
template; they're supposed to be editable (unless they're protected forms).
I suspect that what you intended was letterhead stationery, but you didn't
put the letterhead in the header. See
http://home.zebra.net/~sbarnhill/Letterhead.htm

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Hi Deb,

You should use File>New and then select the template to use as the basis for
the new document.

Sounds like you are using File>Open instead.

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benefit of others who may be interested. Unsolicited questions forwarded
directly to me will only be answered on a paid consulting basis.

Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP