Microsoft KB Archive/98127

= WD97: Error Message: &quot;The Document Template Is Not Valid&quot; =

Article ID: 98127

Article Last Modified on 8/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q98127



SYMPTOMS
Sometimes the following error message occurs when you use the Templates and Add-in Command on the Tools menu to attach a different template:

The document template is not valid.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you attempt to attach a global template or add-in and you select a file


 * with a .dot file name extension that is in a format other than Word Document Template format.

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 * that is in a format other than Word Document Template format, such as a Word document.



MORE INFORMATION
In Word, you usually create a new document by basing it on a template. However, you can also base a new document on another Word document, but you cannot later attach a Word document as a template to an existing Word document.

When you base a new document on an existing Word document, Word inserts the text from the existing document in the new document as a boilerplate.

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