[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is a peer support NG. All those who post are volunteers. Only *very*
rarely does any MS employee poke his/her head in here.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Alex" wrote in message
...
Well, for the consolation prize: to add the date and filename/path to the
bottom of ducuments, as you asked:
View, Header and Footer, switch from Header to Footer
Position cursor as you like
Insert, Date and Time, pick your choice of formats.
Poistion cursor as you like
Insert, Field, FileName, check box if want you path included.

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I'm just a fellow user, not a professional with MS certificates. If this
forum is for Microsoft employees only to provide answers, please let me
know
and I'll go elsewhere. I'm just in search of simple, quick, understandable
answers, and thought this was a place where everyday users traded tips.
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Alex


"RAGbox" wrote:

Thank You Both for advice.
1. I followed Alex's Tools, Templates and Add-ins instructions carefully
and
tried several times - No Template appeared; even after saving and
closing/reopening - still no template.
2. Then I read through all of Suzanne's text and each link - very
informative and helps understand the Template process. But only confirms
apparently - I cannot add a template to an existing doc.

SUMMARY: I am still unable to create even a new doc with my "default"
template as I routinely did before Word 2003. All advice was useful but
I
still have same problem.
Dick
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"Alex" wrote:

Suzanne,
If Dick wants all documents to start with the qualities of his custom
template, can't he rename his present normal.dot as normal.bak, then
make a
copy of his custom template and name that copy as normal.dot. Then if
it is
in his default template folder, won't it be used each time he starts a
new
document? I think that will fulfill most of his needs. It works for
me.
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Alex


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

You can't "embed" a template in an existing document. You can attach
it, but
there is a limit to what this will accomplish. See the following
articles
for more information:

What is the relationship between a Microsoft Word document and its
template?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html

What happens when I attach a new template to my document? or How do
I copy
content and settings from a template to a document?
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html

What do Templates and Add-ins store?
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"RAGbox" wrote in message
...
1. I have tried following Word 2003 Help multiple times w/o
success.

2. I wish to use an existing custom template for all Word docs
each time I
createw a new document or when revising and existing one.

3. I religiously followed all Word Help to do this, but it fails
every
time
I try it on a new or revised document.

4. fwiw - I created this template in an older version of Word but
do not
think that should have any effect?

What is the trick to embedding date and file path/name in lower
right
corner
of all my Word docs?

Many thx, Dick