Hi Erika,
You can link to a shortcut that in turn links to the
template. That will then open a new document based on
the template rather than the template itself. The steps
are in this article.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;278627&FR=1
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I have an invoice template that I created a hyperlink to and I want to post
the page on the intranet so when people click on the link they can fill out
the template - problem is right now it appears like they are modifying the
original - what did I do wrong?>>

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