Good, now I'm starting to understand. Now, since each machine I deal with
is set up with the same image, then the User Templates will have the same
path. AFAIK, it is something like C:\...\Microsoft\Templates. There seems
to be no way to see the full extended version of this path. However, since
we are dealing with a large network, obviously the Users templates should be
on a network server drive. That is where they are currently.
The problem is I guess that each version of Word (which is on the
workstations) would have to be manually changed to the correct path? I take
it there is no short cut for this? Only wishing. That looks like being a
big job for the system administrators.
Can you explain to me the difference between user templates and workgroup
templates?
Thankyou.
dixie
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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An installed template is a template or addin installed in the User
Templates, Workgroup Templates or Startup Templates.
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm
A template can be used wherever it is stored, but it will only be
installed if placed in one of the defined folders as you surmise.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Dixie wrote:
OK, I follow that, but what is meant by an installed template? How
do you install a template as opposed to just having a number of them
somewhere in a folder on the system. Does that mean that they have
to be specifically placed in one of the paths that is in Option Files
as either User Templatess or Workgroup Templates?
dixie
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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The registry key in question is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\W ord\Data\Settings
This is a user key, binary and non-editable, which contains most of
the settings in tools options and a few other things besides.. The
only practical way to set it is through tools options security
macro security trusted publishers trust all installed templates
and add-ins. If you cannot attend the sites, the easiest plan will be to
instruct
the users to set this option.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Dixie wrote:
The second option is not possible as the sites are spread over a
distance of more than 1200km. As you can tell, I am not a Word
person Graham, what do you mean by the "Word data key settings sub
key "? Is this an easy thing to set?
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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NO! NO! NO!
Do *NOT* set the security of your users PCs to low. This will open
the door to macro viruses and is not necessary for what you want to
achieve. You need to set the user's PCs to trust installed
templates and add-ins. This (and the macro security) is set from
the Word data key settings sub key along with a load of other
settings. This binary key does not lend itself to manual manipulation
in the
manner you imagine. You are either going to have to instruct the
users how to set macro
security to trust installed templates and add-ins, or do what the
company is paying you for and adjust each one yourself.
--
Graham Mayor - Word MVP
My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
Dixie wrote:
I need to change the security of Word 2003 to allow it to enable
macros in templates in a large site with dozens of computers. Every
computer has Word's default security set to high. I have
come up with this registry patch.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\W ord\Security]
"Level"=dword:00000001
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I found the key by watching what key changed in the registry when
I lowered the security of Word manually. Now I am really
perplexed. If I run this registry patch, it changes the key shown
from 3 (high) to 1 (low), just as doing it manually via Word
does. However, when you go back into Word, the Security is still
set to high, even though the Level is set to 1 in the registry.
Surely I am missing something here. The registry key responds to
changing the macro security in Word, but Word does not respond to
having the key changed from outside.
Can anyone please help with this, as this key is on
HKEY_CURRENT_USER, which means in the network environment it is
in, it has to be done once for each person using each
workstation. This is a very large manual task.
TIA
dixie