This is the code that you should have in an Autonew() macro in each template

Sub Autonew()

Dim i As Long
With ActiveDocument
For i = 1 To .Sections.Count
With .Sections(i)
With .Headers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).Range.Fields
.Update
.Unlink
End With
With .Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Fields
.Update
.Unlink
End With
With .Footers(wdHeaderFooterFirstPage).Range.Fields
.Update
.Unlink
End With
With .Footers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.Fields
.Update
.Unlink
End With
End With
Next i
End With

End Sub


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Hope this helps.

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"nonsensitor" wrote in message
...
Thanks - that sounds quite neat. I'm an amateur when it comes to
programming,
though I'd say I'm reasonably quick to pick things up...what level of
expertise would you recommend is required to take this approach? Can you
recommend any websites with reasonably detailed examples?