hi rwm,

Let's start with the basics:
Please be clear with the terms you're using. In Word parlance, templates and documents are quite different. Are you creating a template, or a document? Your subsequent comments suggest the latter.
Are you sure all your code and userform are all in the file you're using as the template, and not in, say, your 'Normal' template? Does the useform and command button appear?

I also note that you have posted two subs named 'CommandButton1_Click'. You can't have two such subs attached to the one userform. So, how many userforms are we dealing with and on which ones don't the command buttons work? Do you get any error messages? If so, what do they say and what, if any, line is highlighted when you enter the debug mode? Have you added some code to the command button subs to test where they're failing? You could, for example, use something as simple as 'MsgBox "!"' to confirm that the code runs to a certain point.

Re:
Obviously you can't save to a read-only location. This also suggests you're providing a document, not a template.

Re:
Unless you're emailing the temp document, this shouldn't be necessary. You can simply retrieve the first paragraph/line's text and use that as the email subject. I imagine Lotus Notes has a parameter for inserting subject names via code, but I'm not familiar with its object model.

You say "it worked perfectly on my machine aslong as you didnt click No in any of the message boxes". Obviously, you'll need to fix that. I note, for example, that you have code that asks the user whether a certain folder exists. Even if the user answers no to that prompt, your code then tries to save the file there. It's bound to fall over in that case. You either need to create the folder without asking the user or, if they choose 'no', asking them where to save the filke to and not proceeding until they've nominated a valid destination, to which the file is then saved.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]