Word Template Over WAN

[Neil]

In an effort to have uniform styles between Word documents, I recently
implemented a system-wide template that was attached to all documents. This
didn't affect the LAN users. However, WAN users are experiencing a definite
slowness when opening documents. This is presumably because Word has to get
both the document and the template over the WAN.

Since the documents are shared between LAN and WAN users, I can't create a
separate set for the WAN users which point to a template on their local
server. I need to them to access the template on the main server.

Any ideas on how I can work around this slowness problem?

Thanks.

 

[Jonathan West]

In an effort to have uniform styles between Word documents, I recently
implemented a system-wide template that was attached to all documents.
This didn't affect the LAN users. However, WAN users are experiencing a
definite slowness when opening documents. This is presumably because Word
has to get both the document and the template over the WAN.

Since the documents are shared between LAN and WAN users, I can't create a
separate set for the WAN users which point to a template on their local
server. I need to them to access the template on the main server.

Any ideas on how I can work around this slowness problem?

Thanks.

I don't recommend having templates in a network location. You have found one
of the reasons. Much better would be to set up a login script that copies
updated versions of the template into the user templates folder of
individual machines. There are a number of reasons for this.

- If the network or server goes down, quite enough of your operations are
likely to grind to a halt without you unnecessarily adding to the list.

- Storing templates & add-ins locally means that users with laptops don't
need a different setup - they just get their updates next time they connect
to the network.

- Templates & add-ins stored locally usually load faster, improving startup
time & response time.

- Templates & add-ins stored locally don't load the network with avoidable
traffic,
improving performance for other network-related applications.

- Editing and updating a template at a network location is much easier if
you don't have to break everyone's lock on the file.


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Jonathan West - Word MVP
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