Manually sever the connection to a template?

[bufossil]

I am using Word 2007.

It is my understanding that Word can derive some formatting and layout
information from as many as three "templates" at the same time for a single
open document:

1. The document itself functions as its own template.
2. The ?????.dotx file the document was originally based on.
3. Normal.dotx, the global template.

For many of my documents, when I select Developer tab > Document Template >
Organizer, I see the above three sources in the "Styles available in" field
on the Organizer window.

I would like to manually sever the document's connection to template #2
above, and then save the file, so that the document functions as its own
self-contained template.

Does anyone know how to do that?

Thank you in advance.

Tim

 

[Jay Freedman]

In the Developer tab > Document Template dialog, click the Attach button and
select Normal.dotm.

It may help your understanding to read
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/templaterelations/index.html.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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[bufossil]

Thank you Jay, that was exactly what I needed!

Tim