Yes it is a little confusing. First of all - "so it only works when you right click and choose open" - DON"T DO THIS. It goes against the whole purpose of a template. Users should not open template files themselves.

Document_New is the vehicle by which a template (a dotm) performs actions before presenting a newly created document. That most definitely includes giving the user fields to fill out. Then, when the user is finished, the new document is presented with (I assume) the data from the filled in fields.

IMO, it is rare that AutoOpen, or AutoNew, or even AutoExec are the way to go. That is very old school.

Hi fumei,
I don't have anyone right click to open the template, as obviously that defeats the purpose. I only meant to say that it only worked when I did that and was why I needed autoexec vs autoopen.

Anyhow, this is a template that someone would double click on (or in this case single click, as there is a link on our intranet that they click and a dialog box prompts them to open the template). Then, a field window pops up where they enter information, they click ok, then another field pops up where they enter more, etc etc for several pieces of information that fill in throughout the document, then they can save the new doc anywhere (so yes, it creates a new doc)

I am needing a message box to pop up when they open the template and BEFORE the fields pop up because if they don't meet the requirements in the message box, they are advised to not use the template at all.

P.S. I am VERY green at this side of word, so don't be afraid to speak in stupid people terms and tell me what to do step by step ;-) That being said, is there a problem that this is saving as a dotx vs dotm? I don't know what's new/old as I never use macros etc etc so talk dumb and if nothing can be done, let me know.