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Word Templates Opening Multiple Times
In modern Word, templates behave differently than in old say 2003,2010: documents created with Documents.Add no longer retain the template link unless the full path is specified, and network locations often trigger “read-only” or duplicate template loads due to new security and trust center policies, support.microsoft.com/en-us/word/create-a-template
Kidd_lp
I am not sure what you mean by "modern Word", but in Word in Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise when used on the desktop, there has been absolutely no change in the way that templates behave when using a command such as:
Documents.Add "000-Merge Tools Invoice.dotm"
For more information, see my response to the OP.
Sorry, just getting back to this. Thanks for responding guys.
Things are ABSOLUTELY different. Kidd_Ip may have hit the nail on the head regarding network locations. And he's absolutely right with the template not staying attached unless the full path is used, which then causes the read-only message, at least on a network drive. Which is REDICULOUS!
I've not yet tried everything I'm having trouble with working only locally. Which, honestly, should NOT be a requirement and really isn't an option, I don't want to have to continually distribute templates. The Workgroup templates folder (or whatever it's called) in the options should be treated as safe a location as my local drive. IT'S MY INTERNAL NETWORK, DAMMIT, LET ME USE IT!!!
Also, if anyone has insight into the speed at which some macros run I'd appreciate help there to. I have one macro that finishes in 11 seconds in 2010, but takes almost an minute and half in 365. I've not yet tried to Google things to see if there are options in 365 that need turning off when macros run. When I have time to do so I'll post back if I find anything.
Thanks for listening to me wine and thanks again for responding.
Ken
I've not yet tried everything I'm having trouble with working only locally. Which, honestly, should NOT be a requirement and really isn't an option, I don't want to have to continually distribute templates.
If you must keep your macros stored in templates on a Network location, make sure you check the option to allow Trusted Locations on the Network.
I have one macro that finishes in 11 seconds in 2010, but takes almost an minute and half in 365.
As for the timing difference Word 2010 and 365, my guess is that you have something else going on like different Add-Ins. If you start Word in safe mode, what happens to the times for running the macro?
Open Office apps in safe mode on a Windows PC - Microsoft Office
If the difference is really there and that pronounced, I recommend posting the macro in a separate question to get help on it.
I've not yet tried everything I'm having trouble with working only locally. Which, honestly, should NOT be a requirement and really isn't an option, I don't want to have to continually distribute templates.
My recommendation, for more than twenty years, has been to have the Workgroup Templates folder and the Startup Folder be local folders, updated using XCOPY in the Network Login script.
This makes for seamless use of laptops off-network and provides for use during times when the network may be down. It makes updating templates simpler.
- Workgroup Templates (https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm#Workgroup)
- my page on Workgroup Templates in Microsoft Word (https://www.addbalance.com/word/workgrouptemplates.htm#PageStart)
- Global Templates (https://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm#Global)
- Startup Folder (https://addbalance.com/word/startup.htm#PageStart)
Perhaps my recommendation is out of date but I think you will find performance overall improved.
