Hi Franko,
The source of the trouble is here:
> (as you can see, I'm using the original document as a template).
Don't use a document "as a template", make it a real template. Starting with
your original document, go into File > Save As, set the "Save as type" box
to "Word Template (*.dot)", supply a name, and click Save. When you change
the "Save as type", Word will automatically switch to your Templates folder
and supply the .dot extension.
Now use File > New to create new documents based on that template. When you
save these documents, the macros will stay in the template and won't be
saved in the document. Then you won't have to chase your tail to try to
avoid the current situation.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
> I hope someone can help me with this:
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> I'd really appreciate it if anyone could help me with this so-called
> "challenge". Thank you