Word 2003

In Word 2000, it was possible to save a template without saving a document.
For example, if I opened a document based on (say) name.dot, added new
autotext to that template
only, I could close the document without saving it but was prompted. "do you
want to save changes to name.dot?" If I said "Yes", the autotext was
available
next time I opened a document based on that template.

In Word 2003, I do not get this prompt so do not have the opportunity of
saving the changes to the template. Is there a way round this, please?

TIA