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Lost Autotext
This is probably a simple on but not for me.
Word 2002, Windows 2000 I have been provided with a template from a shared foler, that I saved as a template into the local Templates folder. It contains several autotext entries. I select File - New - General Templates and open a new document based upon the template. When I need to use the autotext that is contained in the original template, it is there for me. If I need to work on the file on a different computer(ie, e-mail to myself at home or grab the file via VPN connection to my home directory) the autotext is not there for me. Why is the autotext not available, and how do I correct this problem. Thanks Paul |
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Lost Autotext
As a followup comment, the autotext generates tables with a lot of custom
formatting. "PA" wrote: This is probably a simple on but not for me. Word 2002, Windows 2000 I have been provided with a template from a shared foler, that I saved as a template into the local Templates folder. It contains several autotext entries. I select File - New - General Templates and open a new document based upon the template. When I need to use the autotext that is contained in the original template, it is there for me. If I need to work on the file on a different computer(ie, e-mail to myself at home or grab the file via VPN connection to my home directory) the autotext is not there for me. Why is the autotext not available, and how do I correct this problem. Thanks Paul |
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Lost Autotext
The AutoText entries are stored only in the template, *not* in the
document based on the template. When you work on the document on the original computer, Word loads the template "in the background" and the AutoText entries are available. But if you move the document to another computer and don't also copy the template, the AutoText entries are left behind. To solve the problem, copy the template as well as the document, and place it in the Templates folder on the other computer. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:31:01 -0700, PA wrote: This is probably a simple on but not for me. Word 2002, Windows 2000 I have been provided with a template from a shared foler, that I saved as a template into the local Templates folder. It contains several autotext entries. I select File - New - General Templates and open a new document based upon the template. When I need to use the autotext that is contained in the original template, it is there for me. If I need to work on the file on a different computer(ie, e-mail to myself at home or grab the file via VPN connection to my home directory) the autotext is not there for me. Why is the autotext not available, and how do I correct this problem. Thanks Paul |
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Lost Autotext
THanks, that works, of course.
"Jay Freedman" wrote: The AutoText entries are stored only in the template, *not* in the document based on the template. When you work on the document on the original computer, Word loads the template "in the background" and the AutoText entries are available. But if you move the document to another computer and don't also copy the template, the AutoText entries are left behind. To solve the problem, copy the template as well as the document, and place it in the Templates folder on the other computer. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:31:01 -0700, PA wrote: This is probably a simple on but not for me. Word 2002, Windows 2000 I have been provided with a template from a shared foler, that I saved as a template into the local Templates folder. It contains several autotext entries. I select File - New - General Templates and open a new document based upon the template. When I need to use the autotext that is contained in the original template, it is there for me. If I need to work on the file on a different computer(ie, e-mail to myself at home or grab the file via VPN connection to my home directory) the autotext is not there for me. Why is the autotext not available, and how do I correct this problem. Thanks Paul |
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