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Message: [QUOTE="Suzanne S. Barnhill, post: 5425525"] Don't "open" the template. Use the appropriate dialog for your version of Word. Word 2000 and earlier: File | New... opens the New dialog, from which you choose the appropriate template. Word 2002 and 2003: File | New... opens the New Document task pane, and "Templates: On my computer..." opens the Templates dialog, which is identical to the New dialog. In any of these versions of Word, you can add a toolbar button to open the New/Templates dialog directly. In Word 2000 and earlier, this is a simple matter of adding the FileNew command (as opposed to the FileNewDefault button that creates a new document based on Normal.dot). In Word 2002 and 2003, you have to use the FileNewDialog command; for more, see [URL]http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm[/URL] In Word 2007, get to the New dialog using Office Button | New | My Templates... or add the New Document or Template command to the QAT. Double-clicking on any template in the New/Templates dialog will by default create a new document based on the template. This assumes that you have the templates stored in the default Templates folder or a subfolder of it. [/QUOTE]