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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / May 2005Keeping Global Template Checked
Is there a way to add a template as a global template under Templates and Add-Ins and have it remain checked between sessions of Word? I'm using Word 2000. Thanks. > Is there a way to add a template as a global template under Templates > and Add-Ins and have it remain checked between sessions of Word? I'm > using Word 2000. > > Thanks. Store the template in Word's Startup folder. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm for instructions.  SignatureRegards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Right. But I meant if I wanted to keep it as a global template without having to install it into each user's startup folder. I'd like to be able to keep it in one place and make changes to it as necessary by just listing it as a global template. But it seems that I have to recheck the box each time I open Word to use it. Is that correct? >> Is there a way to add a template as a global template under Templates >> and Add-Ins and have it remain checked between sessions of Word? I'm [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm for > instructions. You can (1) store it on a network drive and (2) have each user's login script update from that source upon login. An alternative is to have a shortcut to the file in each user's startup folder but that requires all users quitting Word to make any modifications. Either the file or a shortcut to the file needs to be in the users Word startup folder for it to be loaded on restarting Word. (You could put code in a template that is loaded, to load this one, instead, I suppose.) See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. SignatureCharles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > Right. But I meant if I wanted to keep it as a global template without > having to install it into each user's startup folder. I'd like to be able [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm for >> instructions. > Right. But I meant if I wanted to keep it as a global template without > having to install it into each user's startup folder. I'd like to be able > to keep it in one place and make changes to it as necessary by just > listing it as a global template. But it seems that I have to recheck the > box each time I open Word to use it. Is that correct? Hi Neil, There are two ways of doing this. 1. On everyone's machine, change the location of the Startup folder so it points to the network location. 2. Have a "bootstrap" add-in in everyone's startup folder which contains an AutoExec macro which checks for the presence of your main add-in on the network, and loads it if present. However, I don't recommend either approach. Much better would be to set up a login script that copies updated versions of the template into individual startup folders. There are a number of reasons for this. - If the network or server goes down, quite enough of your operations are likely to grind to a halt without you unnecessarily adding to the list. - Storing templates & add-ins locally means that users with laptops don't need a different setup - they just get their updates next time they connect to the network. - Add-ins stored locally usually load faster, reducing startup time for Word. - Add-ins stored locally don't load the network with avoidable traffic, improving performance for other network-related applications. - Editing and updating a template at a network location is much easier if you don't have to break everyone's lock on the file. SignatureRegards Jonathan West - Word MVP www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk Please reply to the newsgroup Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org All very good tips. Thank you very much! >> Right. But I meant if I wanted to keep it as a global template without >> having to install it into each user's startup folder. I'd like to be able [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > - Editing and updating a template at a network location is much easier if > you don't have to break everyone's lock on the file. easiest way is to put the template in word's startup directory. Signaturehttp://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site. > Is there a way to add a template as a global template under Templates and > Add-Ins and have it remain checked between sessions of Word? I'm using Word > 2000. > > Thanks. |
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