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Default Don't understand Global Templates

Would the installed templates in Word be classified as Normal templates? It
was mentioned about the Startup Folder, how would you get a template there? I
guess you can save a file as a Word template in the Startup Folder.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

That would make it a personalised document template and not a global
template.

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Ron37 wrote:
When you create a template based on an installed template such as
Oriel Fax and make customizations to themes and quick styles and
fonts you would save that in the My Templates folder. Would that be
classified as a global template since you created a template based on
an installed template? I believe a template can be created based on
no installed templates and then also be saved as My Templates.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Sat, 3 May 2008 16:45:00 -0700, Ron37

wrote:

I don't understand Global Templates and how they work versus Normal
Templates. Can someone help me on Global Templates and how they
work?

The term "global template" includes ones that are stored in the
Startup folder
as well as the Normal.dot template. Both kinds are loaded during
Word's startup
processing and make certain functions available in every document
(that's why
they're called "global"). A global template other than Normal.dot
may also be
called an "add-in"; there are other kinds of add-ins besides
templates.

Regular templates (those not in the Startup folder) and Normal.dot
may be used
to base new documents; the templates in the Startup folder are not
used that
way. The Normal.dot template is a special case, because it serves as
both a
regular template and a global template.

The article at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...latesStore.htm
lists the
things that can be stored in a global template and used in
documents, compared
to the things that are supplied by regular templates.

The article at
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html may
also help to explain how things from templates become available in
documents.

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