Sharing AutoText entries

[Sandy]

I have several Word 2007 templates users access from an intranet site. These
templates need to use the same AutoText entries. What do I need to do, to
share the same AutoText entries with multiple templates? Because this is a
long list of AutoText entries, I'd like to be able to update the entries once.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Stefan Blom]

For each user, place the template containing the AutoText entries in the
folder where the Building Blocks.dotx file resides. That way, these
AutoTexts are always available.

 

[Sandy]

Thanks Stefan. The templates do not reside in a folder for each user. The
users access these templates from a single intranet site. The templates
reside in one folder. So...if I put the AutoText entries in Building
Blocks.dotx, in theory, any template could use these Autotext entries, right?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Yes, the AutoTexts in a user's Building Blocks.dotx template can be used in
any document (or template) for that user.

However, in this case it seems simpler to create a document template with
all the necessary AutoText entries and then copy that template into each
user's building block folder.

 

[Greg Maxey]

If you are interested in copying AutoText (or any buildingblock) from
one template to another then you might find this useful:

http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Word2007_Building_Blocks_&_AutoText.htm