How to display network templates in the Word 2007 New Document pane
Many of you who distribute or maintain documents and templates on a network have asked how to do this. Here's how to display templates that are stored on a network drive in the Word 2007 New document pane, under "My templates":
1. Open Word, click the Word button, and then click Word Options.
2. Click Advanced, scroll to the General section, and then click File Locations.
3. Click Workgroup Templates and then click Modify.
4. Browse to the network share where you store templates, and then click OK.
The next time you click My templates in the new document window, the templates on the network drive will appear. However, they will be displayed with any templates from the user's local template location, or "user templates" location.
(On Windows Vista, this is typcially C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates. On Windows XP, it is typically C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Microsoft\Templates.)
Tips:
- Make sure that everyone who needs to use the templates has access to the network drive, and that it's a secure and trusted location.
- Make sure that the folder and/or the template files on the drive are set to read-only in the properties so they can't be easily or accidentally modified.
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