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I searched for this question and didn't find it - I'm hopng I'm just
being really dumb..

I have several machines (about 100) both Macs (office 2004 running OSX)
and PCs (windows XP running Office 2003)

I have a template that is going to be put on all these machines...

There is a single instance of word running on all machines, and only
one start up folder.

In some cases... the template gets copied into Startup - Word launches
and I have the tool bar and Macros I expect to see.

In other cases - this is my frustration - all machines have been built
from the same build - but other machines the tempate (same file as
above that did work) gets copied into Startup and does not load when
word launches.

I can go to templates and add-ins and get the template there and in
some cases it's fine - in other more frustrating cases - once word
closes and reopens the connection to that template is gone and it has
to be rechecked.

What causes word (mac and pc) to sometimes ignore the startup folder -
What simple thing am I missing?

thanks

[Graham Mayor]

To clarify - you have a template that is located in the Word startup folder
as defined at tools options file locations startup and that you have
macro security set to medium and to trust installed templates and add-ins,
and the template in that folder appears in tools templates and add-ins,
but is unchecked?

If that is the case you can force it checked with the following line in an
autoexec macro in normal.dot

AddIns("C:\path\templatename.dot").Installed = True

But before that I would look at what your existing startup macros and addins
are doing. You will find a little background for controlling addins at
http://www.gmayor.com/lose_that_adob...at_toolbar.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




wrote:
I searched for this question and didn't find it - I'm hopng I'm just
being really dumb..

I have several machines (about 100) both Macs (office 2004 running
OSX) and PCs (windows XP running Office 2003)

I have a template that is going to be put on all these machines...

There is a single instance of word running on all machines, and only
one start up folder.

In some cases... the template gets copied into Startup - Word launches
and I have the tool bar and Macros I expect to see.

In other cases - this is my frustration - all machines have been built
from the same build - but other machines the tempate (same file as
above that did work) gets copied into Startup and does not load when
word launches.

I can go to templates and add-ins and get the template there and in
some cases it's fine - in other more frustrating cases - once word
closes and reopens the connection to that template is gone and it has
to be rechecked.

What causes word (mac and pc) to sometimes ignore the startup folder -
What simple thing am I missing?

thanks