I have a custom template in the templates folder. When I create my new
document, I tell word to use that template. However, when I look under the
"Templates and Add-Ins" dialog for my new document, it shows that it is still
attached to the normal template. Why does it do this?

Whoops, that was because the template was a doc rather than dot. Behavior
seems the same otherwise, though

"egrigg9000" wrote:

I have a custom template in the templates folder. When I create my new
document, I tell word to use that template. However, when I look under the
"Templates and Add-Ins" dialog for my new document, it shows that it is still
attached to the normal template. Why does it do this?

Only a .dot template can be attached. If it's a document, you're just
creating a copy, and it's still based on Normal.dot.

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Whoops, that was because the template was a doc rather than dot. Behavior
seems the same otherwise, though

"egrigg9000" wrote:

I have a custom template in the templates folder. When I create my new
document, I tell word to use that template. However, when I look under
the
"Templates and Add-Ins" dialog for my new document, it shows that it is
still
attached to the normal template. Why does it do this?