Internally here at work, we use/have a blank macro enabled template dotm file that users start with in creating a new client report. But what we are randomly seeing from some of our clients is that when we email them the docm word document that some seem to be unable to open the file (or at least very very slow in opening). I'm unsure if that could be different word settings or something else.

In some google research and trial and error guessing game to trouble shoot the issue, it appears the cause is likely due to the new docm file that is created retains the file path of the original template. I can see it in the Developer Tools | Document Template, and that template path is technically a mapped network location in our office. So it seems for some (not all) clients than when they open the file, Word is trying to reference that server location.

I'm ok with Excel vba, but still struggle on the Word side. But is there a way when saving your newly created docm file from a template to remove the reference to the original dotm template file and replace with it a normal.dot file?

I will try and look myself later in the week (as it not a pressing issue), but though I would ask first as well.

Thanks
PT