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More template help needed
I realize that changing a template does not change other
documents created from that template but that wasn't really the question. Read your post again: that was *precisely* the question. However, now that you've explained what you meant to say: yes, if you have documents linked to something, then obviously changing the target will affect everything that links to that target. That fact that your link target happens to be a template is irrelevant. This is an unusual way to use templates and not something you mentioned in your original post. In this case, the answer is to create a new template and leave the old one in place. Alternatively, open each of the original documents and unlink them. Or bulk convert them to PDF. Seems like this linking was a bad idea in the first place: the mess you now face is the price you'll have to go on paying for it. "waybehind" wrote in message ... I have to disagree. I realize that changing a template does not change other documents created from that template but that wasn't really the question. In one solution, we tried linking a word document in the header of the template. However, the link is preserved in the new document created from the template. Threrefore, if we changed the linked document, the new document subsequently got changed. "Jezebel" wrote: Changing a template has no effect on documents already created. "waybehind" wrote in message ... I need some help in find a clean, quick solution. We have several hundred templates that contain the president's name and graphic in the header and footer of the templates. Every couple of years we need to change the name and/or graphic. Ideally we would like to change this in one spot and have all the templates change but not the documents previously created by those templates? Any ideas? Thanks! |
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