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How do I keep a template attached when sending to folks off-site?
I have a template with autotext, styles and macros attached to a file. The
template is located on the company network. The template attached points to the "wireless path" of this template so that users can access files from home (via VPN) and work on the files through the internet. My problem is when sending these files as attachements in email, or when users save the files to their local drives, the template unattaches. Is there a workaround for this? |
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How do I keep a template attached when sending to folks off-site?
The only workaround is to include the template in the email as another
attachment, and include instructions for how to save the template into the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder on the destination. Because that path includes the name of the user's profile, that can't be set in advance. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. CherylV wrote: I have a template with autotext, styles and macros attached to a file. The template is located on the company network. The template attached points to the "wireless path" of this template so that users can access files from home (via VPN) and work on the files through the internet. My problem is when sending these files as attachements in email, or when users save the files to their local drives, the template unattaches. Is there a workaround for this? |
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How do I keep a template attached when sending to folks off-si
Thank you Jay. This is what I thought, however I'm not certain that the
technical abilities of those receiving the file are up to the task of saving, and attaching a template, but I will give it a try. "Jay Freedman" wrote: The only workaround is to include the template in the email as another attachment, and include instructions for how to save the template into the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder on the destination. Because that path includes the name of the user's profile, that can't be set in advance. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. CherylV wrote: I have a template with autotext, styles and macros attached to a file. The template is located on the company network. The template attached points to the "wireless path" of this template so that users can access files from home (via VPN) and work on the files through the internet. My problem is when sending these files as attachements in email, or when users save the files to their local drives, the template unattaches. Is there a workaround for this? |
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How do I keep a template attached when sending to folks off-site?
Hi Cheryl,
My problem is when sending these files as attachments in email, or when users save the files to their local drives, the template unattaches. That isn't actually correct. The template remains 'attached' to the document. When Word opens a document it follows a set of rules about which actual template to open, taking into account, but not necessarily using, the attached one. In particular it uses a template in the same folder as the document in preference to the attached one if it has the same name (name only, not path) as the attached one. If you send your document and template together in a single folder then, if that folder is saved by the recipient and the document in it opened, the template in it will be used. If users save local copies they need to save a copy of the template in the same location as well. You could, perhaps, write a special save-to-local macro which copied the template and document together. -- Enjoy, Tony |
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