Ok, I have posted this question a couple of days ago with only one response
so I will try again. I have tried the Cindy's suggestions on two computers
and found no change, so anyone else know why the below happens????

I was wondering why, when working on a template that I created and adding
auto text to that template, the cpu usage hangs around 50%. If I use the
template as a document and type in it, the cpu usage stays much lower
sometimes down to 0 to maybe 10 % or so. As soon as I pull up the template
as a template and then begin to work in it, the cpu usage goes up and
fluctuates as high as 50%. I have tried this on two different computers with
the same result. The
second computer has 1/2 the ram and it will hang around 90% while pulling the
template up as a template and adding auto text. Is this normal behavior?
Seems Strange.

I tried today to create a completely new template from scratch. I pulled up
the nomal.dot document as a template. Changed the margins, added tabs, the
date and some returns so it matched my old template. I then saved it under a
different name. Then I pulled it up as a template and checked the CPU usage
while in the template and it read 0%. I then copied 10 autotext items to it
and individually added them to auto text giving them there own codes, then
saving the auto text only under its template name so as to not have all of
this auto text for all active templates. Same procedure as I used before. I
then saved it under its new name and pulled it up as a template again and
checked the CPU usage. Bam, CPU usage hung around 50 - 100%. Pulled the new
template up as a document and CPU usage normal. So, I thought maybe the fact
that I copied the same auto text I was using into the template may have
caused the problem so I started from scratch again and this time I would
create a new template and type my own test auto text which I would save to
that new template. Same thing happened, as soon as I had saved some auto
text in the new template and then pulled it back up as a template to work on
it, the CPU usage goes way up. Everything works fine, however, I do find
this strange. The one computer with 512 ram will hold at 90% and higher when
working with the template as a template, it is fine when working with it as a
document. My concern is that as I add more auto text to the template it will
eventually lock up. The new one I just made had only 5 items, my original
has 90 already. Any information on this will be greatly appreciated.

I am going to send a copy of my template to work where I have Word 2000 and
work off of a server and see if it does the same thing there. At home were
this happens I have Word 2003 and Office 2003 along with 1 gig of ram and 512
on my smaller computer. Running Windows XP w/SP2 at home all up to date but
running Windows XP w/SP1 at work.
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KM1