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Old April 21st, 2010, 04:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
christophercbrewster via OfficeKB.com
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Default Can I "branch" a template for a new doc type?

I've been using a template for a group of documents but now realize one
subgroup is different and needs its own separate template. Can I copy the
template with a new name and attach it to these documents? What kind of scary
hidden dependencies can I expect?

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Old April 21st, 2010, 04:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Default Can I "branch" a template for a new doc type?

There should be no problem with this.

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I've been using a template for a group of documents but now realize one
subgroup is different and needs its own separate template. Can I copy the
template with a new name and attach it to these documents? What kind of
scary
hidden dependencies can I expect?

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Christopher Brewster
Lockheed Martin, Eagan MN

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Old April 21st, 2010, 06:17 PM posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers
Jay Freedman
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Default Can I "branch" a template for a new doc type?

Yes, you can do exactly that. The only "scary hidden dependency" or
anything like that is to make sure the "Automatically update styles"
box in the Templates & Add-Ins dialog is unchecked except when you
specifically want to update the document's styles to use different
definitions from the newly attached template.

For a good discussion of this, see
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html

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On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:43:34 GMT, "christophercbrewster via
OfficeKB.com" u3143@uwe wrote:

I've been using a template for a group of documents but now realize one
subgroup is different and needs its own separate template. Can I copy the
template with a new name and attach it to these documents? What kind of scary
hidden dependencies can I expect?

 




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