Hi Stefan,

Actually Stefan there is a way to do that without a macro.

The problem is that the "Automatically update document styles" setting  does
not work for templates... How can a template updates its styles from another
template? It can't!

So, create a blank document, check the "Automatically update document
styles" setting (while it is a document, so that setting can be changed as
we want), then do a "Save as..." template. You will find that the
"Automatically update document  styles" setting is now forever checked for
that template. You cannot change that setting anymore, if you uncheck it, it
comes right back. If, OTOH, you had unchecked the "Automatically update
document styles" setting before creating the template, you cannot set it for
that template anymore. This was Debbie's problem. She had created a template
with this option checked when she did the first " Save as...", and then she
was stuck with it.

Once the setting is set prior to creating the template, it sticks and cannot
be changed through the Templates and add-ins... dialog. You need VBA after
that if you want to change it, as Debbie discovered.