Microsoft KB Archive/152577

= How to Attach a Word Section in a Binder to its Template =

Article ID: 152577

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office 95a
 * Microsoft Office 95 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q152577



SUMMARY
In Microsoft Office for Windows 95, Microsoft Office Professional for Windows 95, and Microsoft Office 97, the Binder.txt file and Help for Microsoft Office Binder states:   The macros, AutoText entries, and customized command settings such as   toolbars and shortcut keys that you can use in a Word document are stored in the template attached to the document or in the Normal template. If you move the binder from your computer where you created the documents, Word can't find the templates. To make these items available to documents in a binder, place copies of the templates in the folder with the binder at the new location. This information is incomplete. Additional steps are required to re-attach the Word template to the Word section in the Binder after the Binder is moved to another computer.



RESOLUTION
To make the macros, AutoText entries, and customized command settings such as toolbars and shortcut keys from the Word template available to all computers that will receive the Binder, use either of the following methods: Method 1: Use Microsoft Word's Startup Folder Copy the template to the Startup folder on the destination computer (usually, the \MSOffice\Winword\Startup or \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup folder). This will make the template automatically available whenever Word is run.

After you copy the template to the Startup folder, a copy of the template is not needed in the folder where the Binder file resides.

NOTE: This procedure will make the template information available for all documents whenever Word is running.

Method 2: Re-attach the Template


 * 1) Open the Microsoft Binder on the destination computer and activate the Word section.
 * 2) On the Section menu, click View Outside.
 * 3) On the File menu, click Templates.
 * 4) Click the Attach button, find and select the template file in the same folder, and click Open. Click OK.

NOTE: Alternatively, click Add to add the template as a Global Template.
 * 1) On the File menu, click Update.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Close And Return To .



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.



MORE INFORMATION
When you work on a Word document, you can typically use only the AutoText entries, macros, and custom toolbars, menu settings, and shortcut keys that are stored in the template attached to the document or in the Normal template. To use any such items that are stored in another template, you can load the other template as a global template.

To load the template, click the Templates command on the File menu. After you load a template, items stored in that template are available to any document during the remainder of the Word session. When you're through with the items, be sure to unload the template to conserve system resources.

Add-ins and templates that you load by using the Templates command are unloaded when you close Word. To automatically load an add-in or template each time you start Microsoft Word, copy the add-in or template to the Startup file location you specified on the File Locations tab (on the Tools menu, click Options).

