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GREENCREST
May 21, 2020Copper Contributor
forcing Word templates to save as new documents
I'm trying to set up a Word template to force users to save their file as a new Word document instead of overwriting the template file, but not having any luck in getting it to work. I've attached a ...
Colleen Kayter
May 27, 2020Brass Contributor
How are you accessing your .dotx files? Are you going to Word > File > Open...? If so, that's your edit mode. If you choose New instead of Open, then select Personal rather than Office, you should be able to use templates instead of editing them.
GREENCREST
May 27, 2020Copper Contributor
Colleen KayterThe only issue with that is we would have to retrain the staff the proper way to use the templates. Its not practical.