Thank You Both for advice.
1. I followed Alex's Tools, Templates and Add-ins instructions carefully and
tried several times - No Template appeared; even after saving and
closing/reopening - still no template.
2. Then I read through all of Suzanne's text and each link - very
informative and helps understand the Template process. But only confirms
apparently - I cannot add a template to an existing doc.
SUMMARY: I am still unable to create even a new doc with my "default"
template as I routinely did before Word 2003. All advice was useful but I
still have same problem.
Dick
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"Alex" wrote:
Suzanne,
If Dick wants all documents to start with the qualities of his custom
template, can't he rename his present normal.dot as normal.bak, then make a
copy of his custom template and name that copy as normal.dot. Then if it is
in his default template folder, won't it be used each time he starts a new
document? I think that will fulfill most of his needs. It works for me.
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Alex
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
You can't "embed" a template in an existing document. You can attach it, but
there is a limit to what this will accomplish. See the following articles
for more information:
What is the relationship between a Microsoft Word document and its template?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html
What happens when I attach a new template to my document? or How do I copy
content and settings from a template to a document?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html
What do Templates and Add-ins store?
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"RAGbox" wrote in message
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1. I have tried following Word 2003 Help multiple times w/o success.
2. I wish to use an existing custom template for all Word docs each time I
createw a new document or when revising and existing one.
3. I religiously followed all Word Help to do this, but it fails every
time
I try it on a new or revised document.
4. fwiw - I created this template in an older version of Word but do not
think that should have any effect?
What is the trick to embedding date and file path/name in lower right
corner
of all my Word docs?
Many thx, Dick