As you have discovered ASK fields don't automatically update when you create
a newe document from a template that contains them, but it is a simple
matter to make them do so. You need to create a macro called Autonew in the
document template. The code and instructions you'll find at
http://www.gmayor.dsl.pipex.com/installing_macro.htm

Just change the name of the update macro used as an example to Sub Autonew()
You might find the code useful simply added to a toolbar button. A click of
that button will update the fields.