You could use an IncludeText field for your header (see
http://daiya.mvps.org/includetext.htm). Attaching a template supplies
styles, macros, AutoText, etc., but not document layout. To change the
layout, create a new document based on the desired template and use Insert |
File to insert the existing document.

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"Red_Eye" wrote in message
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I have a number of word templates, all of them have the same header. Is
there a way of setting the header in one file so that if I change that
file it will update the header in all the templates.

Also if I have a word document and I want to change the template, which
will change the layout, is there a way of doing it.

thanks in advance


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Red_Eye