WD97: Error Message: "The Document Template Is Not Valid"

• Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

Sometimes the following error message occurs when you use the Templates and Add-in Command on the Tools menu to attach a different template:

The document template is not valid.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when you attempt to attach a global template or add-in and you select a file

• with a .dot file name extension that is in a format other than Word Document Template format.
  
  -or-



• that is in a format other than Word Document Template format, such as a Word document.

MORE INFORMATION

In Word, you usually create a new document by basing it on a template. However, you can also base a new document on another Word document, but you cannot later attach a Word document as a template to an existing Word document.

When you base a new document on an existing Word document, Word inserts the text from the existing document in the new document as a boilerplate.

Additional query words: word97

Keywords : kberrmsg kbualink97 kbdta winword
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb