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Old 12-11-2009, 04:57 PM
paulnevlud paulnevlud is offline Can I separate a word Doc (docx) from the template used to create it (dotx)? Windows XP Can I separate a word Doc (docx) from the template used to create it (dotx)? Office 2007
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I use several templates for the work that I do. Once a word doc is created though, I don't need the docx to be tied to the dotx anymore. Can I separate them somehow?

The reason I ask is because the dotx is on a network location with incredibly slow performance. When I open the docx, I get a progress dialog box stating "opening <template.dotx>". This takes a while and since I don't need the association with the template anymore, it is unnecessary.

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Old 12-13-2009, 04:56 PM
Steve_D Steve_D is offline Can I separate a word Doc (docx) from the template used to create it (dotx)? Windows XP Can I separate a word Doc (docx) from the template used to create it (dotx)? Office XP
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Hi Paul
I'm not sure that you can have a document that's not associated with a template, but I can think of two possible workarounds:
1. Copy the template from your network to your local machine, then re-attach the document to the local version. (I'm currently on a Mac, but the process would be the same: Save the template to the 'My templates' (or similar) folder. Then go through Tools, Templates and Add-ins, Attach (or whatever the corresponding commands are in your version of Word) and attach to the local version.
2. Attach the document to an existing template on your local machine, e.g. the Normal template. Make sure not to check the 'Automatically update document styles' box though.
Hope this helps.
Steve
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Old 12-14-2009, 10:13 AM
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Thanks Steve D, This worked perfectly.
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