Attached different template to document - still working on it 9 hours later

I have a large Word Document, 100 plus pages, with lots of graphics. Takes a
few minutes to open, about 5 minutes.

I took the current template, and saved it as a template with another name.
Then I followed the procedure to change the assigned template for the
document. What I mean by this, is that the template.doc assigned to the WORD
file is a new one. I am not talking about editing the existing template.

I did it on a one page document I made up for a test and it worked fine. So
I repeated the procedure on the large Word Document and it is working a away
still.

Is it a matter of just giving it enough time. I wanted to do this, before
breaking up the document into chapters and making sure they all have the
same template.

Ed

It's not clear from your post what you're actually trying to do.

Templates are .dot files, not .doc. Attaching a different template to a
document makes the template's style definitions, macros, and autotext
entries available to the document; it's mostly done to reformat the document
with a different set of style definitions. From your post, it doesn't sound
like this is what you have in mind.

But it does sound like you put Word into an infinite loop. Applying a new
template is normally pretty well instant; conceivably a minute or so for a
VERY long document. Use Ctrl-ALT-Delete to kill it.

Perhaps if you could explain your intentions with these templates someone
might have some brighter suggestions...






"newtknight" wrote in message
...
I have a large Word Document, 100 plus pages, with lots of graphics. Takes
a
few minutes to open, about 5 minutes.

I took the current template, and saved it as a template with another name.
Then I followed the procedure to change the assigned template for the
document. What I mean by this, is that the template.doc assigned to the
WORD
file is a new one. I am not talking about editing the existing template.

I did it on a one page document I made up for a test and it worked fine.
So
I repeated the procedure on the large Word Document and it is working a
away
still.

Is it a matter of just giving it enough time. I wanted to do this, before
breaking up the document into chapters and making sure they all have the
same template.

Ed

My typo, it is .dot, not .doc.

I found out how to change the document to a new template.

1. Open a blank document.
2. change the template from the Normal template to your template.dot of
your choosing.
3. Copy the contents out of the original document and past into the new
document.
4. Save the new document.

As for the 9 hours of churning, it is simple, WORD bogs down when you have a
lot of graphics in the document. So don't change the template for an
existing document if it has a lot of graphics. I would say, if it is slow to
open up, it won't take the new template.

Ed


"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
It's not clear from your post what you're actually trying to do.

Templates are .dot files, not .doc. Attaching a different template to a
document makes the template's style definitions, macros, and autotext
entries available to the document; it's mostly done to reformat the
document
with a different set of style definitions. From your post, it doesn't
sound
like this is what you have in mind.

But it does sound like you put Word into an infinite loop. Applying a new
template is normally pretty well instant; conceivably a minute or so for a
VERY long document. Use Ctrl-ALT-Delete to kill it.

Perhaps if you could explain your intentions with these templates someone
might have some brighter suggestions...






"newtknight" wrote in message
...
I have a large Word Document, 100 plus pages, with lots of graphics.
Takes
a
few minutes to open, about 5 minutes.

I took the current template, and saved it as a template with another
name.
Then I followed the procedure to change the assigned template for the
document. What I mean by this, is that the template.doc assigned to the
WORD
file is a new one. I am not talking about editing the existing template.

I did it on a one page document I made up for a test and it worked fine.
So
I repeated the procedure on the large Word Document and it is working a
away
still.

Is it a matter of just giving it enough time. I wanted to do this,
before
breaking up the document into chapters and making sure they all have the
same template.

Ed

Still have absolutely no idea what you're trying to achieve, but it's good
that you've found a way to do it, whatever it is. If your document is
corrupt, copying the content to a new document might help; but that's an
unrelated issue to the attached template.

With the steps you outline: why create a new document based on normal.dot
then attach a different template? Why not just use the different template to
create your document in the first place?




"newtknight" wrote in message
...
My typo, it is .dot, not .doc.

I found out how to change the document to a new template.

1. Open a blank document.
2. change the template from the Normal template to your template.dot of
your choosing.
3. Copy the contents out of the original document and past into the new
document.
4. Save the new document.

As for the 9 hours of churning, it is simple, WORD bogs down when you have
a
lot of graphics in the document. So don't change the template for an
existing document if it has a lot of graphics. I would say, if it is slow
to
open up, it won't take the new template.

Ed


"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
It's not clear from your post what you're actually trying to do.

Templates are .dot files, not .doc. Attaching a different template to a
document makes the template's style definitions, macros, and autotext
entries available to the document; it's mostly done to reformat the
document
with a different set of style definitions. From your post, it doesn't
sound
like this is what you have in mind.

But it does sound like you put Word into an infinite loop. Applying a
new
template is normally pretty well instant; conceivably a minute or so for
a
VERY long document. Use Ctrl-ALT-Delete to kill it.

Perhaps if you could explain your intentions with these templates
someone
might have some brighter suggestions...






"newtknight" wrote in message
...
I have a large Word Document, 100 plus pages, with lots of graphics.
Takes
a
few minutes to open, about 5 minutes.

I took the current template, and saved it as a template with another
name.
Then I followed the procedure to change the assigned template for the
document. What I mean by this, is that the template.doc assigned to
the
WORD
file is a new one. I am not talking about editing the existing
template.

I did it on a one page document I made up for a test and it worked
fine.
So
I repeated the procedure on the large Word Document and it is working
a
away
still.

Is it a matter of just giving it enough time. I wanted to do this,
before
breaking up the document into chapters and making sure they all have
the
same template.

Ed

Instead of (1) and (2) below, just create a new document based on your
template, selecting it from the File New dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"newtknight" wrote in message
...
My typo, it is .dot, not .doc.

I found out how to change the document to a new template.

1. Open a blank document.
2. change the template from the Normal template to your template.dot of
your choosing.
3. Copy the contents out of the original document and past into the new
document.
4. Save the new document.

As for the 9 hours of churning, it is simple, WORD bogs down when you have
a
lot of graphics in the document. So don't change the template for an
existing document if it has a lot of graphics. I would say, if it is slow
to
open up, it won't take the new template.

Ed


"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
It's not clear from your post what you're actually trying to do.

Templates are .dot files, not .doc. Attaching a different template to a
document makes the template's style definitions, macros, and autotext
entries available to the document; it's mostly done to reformat the
document
with a different set of style definitions. From your post, it doesn't
sound
like this is what you have in mind.

But it does sound like you put Word into an infinite loop. Applying a
new
template is normally pretty well instant; conceivably a minute or so for
a
VERY long document. Use Ctrl-ALT-Delete to kill it.

Perhaps if you could explain your intentions with these templates
someone
might have some brighter suggestions...






"newtknight" wrote in message
...
I have a large Word Document, 100 plus pages, with lots of graphics.
Takes
a
few minutes to open, about 5 minutes.

I took the current template, and saved it as a template with another
name.
Then I followed the procedure to change the assigned template for the
document. What I mean by this, is that the template.doc assigned to
the
WORD
file is a new one. I am not talking about editing the existing
template.

I did it on a one page document I made up for a test and it worked
fine.
So
I repeated the procedure on the large Word Document and it is working
a
away
still.

Is it a matter of just giving it enough time. I wanted to do this,
before
breaking up the document into chapters and making sure they all have
the
same template.

Ed

And an alternative to (3) would be to use Insert | File rather than copy and
paste, may be easier, especially for long documents.

DM

On 7/22/04 10:49 AM, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of (1) and (2) below, just create a new document based on your
template, selecting it from the File New dialog.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill

"newtknight" wrote in message
...
My typo, it is .dot, not .doc.

I found out how to change the document to a new template.

1. Open a blank document.
2. change the template from the Normal template to your template.dot of
your choosing.
3. Copy the contents out of the original document and past into the new
document.
4. Save the new document.

As for the 9 hours of churning, it is simple, WORD bogs down when you have
a
lot of graphics in the document. So don't change the template for an
existing document if it has a lot of graphics. I would say, if it is slow
to
open up, it won't take the new template.

Ed


"Jezebel" wrote in message
...
It's not clear from your post what you're actually trying to do.

Templates are .dot files, not .doc. Attaching a different template to a
document makes the template's style definitions, macros, and autotext
entries available to the document; it's mostly done to reformat the
document
with a different set of style definitions. From your post, it doesn't
sound
like this is what you have in mind.

But it does sound like you put Word into an infinite loop. Applying a
new
template is normally pretty well instant; conceivably a minute or so for
a
VERY long document. Use Ctrl-ALT-Delete to kill it.

Perhaps if you could explain your intentions with these templates
someone
might have some brighter suggestions...






"newtknight" wrote in message
...
I have a large Word Document, 100 plus pages, with lots of graphics.
Takes
a
few minutes to open, about 5 minutes.

I took the current template, and saved it as a template with another
name.
Then I followed the procedure to change the assigned template for the
document. What I mean by this, is that the template.doc assigned to
the
WORD
file is a new one. I am not talking about editing the existing
template.

I did it on a one page document I made up for a test and it worked
fine.
So
I repeated the procedure on the large Word Document and it is working
a
away
still.

Is it a matter of just giving it enough time. I wanted to do this,
before
breaking up the document into chapters and making sure they all have
the
same template.

Ed