Word templates for all users

[Stephen English]

We are using Office XP and Windows XP
We used to put all out organisation wide templates in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates
but after adding service packs to Office or Windows, we found that we could
only get them to work without errors by putting them in
C:\Documents and Settings\Default\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
We are now about to move from a Novell network (everyone logged in to
Windows as default) to Windows active directory, we nshould be putting them
in
C:\Documents and Settings\senglish\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
where senglish is my user name.
These templates have a lot of code behind them.
When I create a new document based on one of the templates and then send it
to user vgreen, it tries to find the template in
C:\Documents and Settings\senglish\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
whereas the template is actually in
C:\Documents and Settings\vgreen\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates so no
floating toolbars etc work.
What is the solution please?
WE would prefer not to put them on a network share as Workgroup templates
because we have several folders of templates which appear on different tabs
in File - New and also because this makes them available to network users
offline.
Thanks in anticipation for any clues.
Stephen

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Get vgreen to attach his copy of the template to the document via the
Tools>Templates and Add-ins dialog.

See the article "Distributing macros to other users" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/DistributeMacros.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Stephen English]

Hi Doug
Thank you for this. I have already shown vgreen how to do this! The
problem is the 200+ others who are less computer literate than vgreen! I was
hoping someone would have a better solution. I guess I will have to create
one myself!
Stephen