How to Attach a Word Section in a Binder to its Template

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Office Professional for Windows 95, version 7.0, 7.0a
• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Office for Windows 95, Microsoft Office Professional for Windows 95, and Microsoft Office 97, the Binder.txt file and Help for Microsoft Office Binder states:

   The macros, AutoText entries, and customized command settings such as
   toolbars and shortcut keys that you can use in a Word document are
   stored in the template attached to the document or in the Normal
   template. If you move the binder from your computer where you created
   the documents, Word can't find the templates. To make these items
   available to documents in a binder, place copies of the templates in the
   folder with the binder at the new location.

RESOLUTION

To make the macros, AutoText entries, and customized command settings such as toolbars and shortcut keys from the Word template available to all computers that will receive the Binder, use either of the following methods:

Method 1: Use Microsoft Word's Startup Folder

          Copy the template to the Startup folder on the destination
          computer (usually, the \MSOffice\Winword\Startup or
          \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup folder). This
          will make the template automatically available whenever Word is
          run.

          After you copy the template to the Startup folder, a copy of
          the template is not needed in the folder where the Binder file
          resides.

          NOTE: This procedure will make the template information
          available for all documents whenever Word is running.

          1. Open the Microsoft Binder on the destination computer and
             activate the Word section.

          2. On the Section menu, click View Outside.

          3. On the File menu, click Templates.

          4. Click the Attach button, find and select the template
             file in the same folder, and click Open. Click OK.

             NOTE: Alternatively, click Add to add the template
             as a Global Template.

          5. On the File menu, click Update.

          6. On the File menu, click Close And Return To <Office Binder
             name>.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

When you work on a Word document, you can typically use only the AutoText entries, macros, and custom toolbars, menu settings, and shortcut keys that are stored in the template attached to the document or in the Normal template. To use any such items that are stored in another template, you can load the other template as a global template.

To load the template, click the Templates command on the File menu. After you load a template, items stored in that template are available to any document during the remainder of the Word session. When you're through with the items, be sure to unload the template to conserve system resources.

Add-ins and templates that you load by using the Templates command are unloaded when you close Word. To automatically load an add-in or template each time you start Microsoft Word, copy the add-in or template to the Startup file location you specified on the File Locations tab (on the Tools menu, click Options).

REFERENCES

The Binder.txt file should be stored in the \MSOffice\Office folder. This path may vary according to Microsoft Office installation folder specified; this file contains information on limitations and uses of Office Binder.

For more information about Word templates, click the Answer Wizard in Microsoft Word Help and type:

   template