We're using MS Word 2007 on Vista 64 systems. I've created a template (.dotx) from which we can open Word documents that are pre-formatted in a particular way in order to maximize productivity. The template is also linked to one other file that contains single-source header information that, when updated, also updates the same information in all documents saved from this template. This way, if company information changes, such as phone number, contact, web site, or address, every document saved from this template--going however far back its use goes--will also be updated.



This sort of thing allows company documentation to be very well organized and seamlessly updated from a single source. We can just open the template, start typing in various areas of the document meant to contain particular pieces of information, and save. When we save we're prompted to name the file (.docx), and everything seems to work great.

The problem is this. Every time we reopen the .docx file created from my customized .dotx file, we are bothered with this profoundly annoying and unnecessary harassalog the first time we save:

"do you also want to save changes to the document template?"

The answer is "No". It's not necessary. When an update to the template is necessary, I take care of the update myself.

In fact, all we have to do is open such a .docx file without changing anything, and before we can close the unchanged file, we're bothered with an apparently related harrasalog:

"Do you want to save changes to (template name).dotx?"

Nothing changed? What are we saving changes to? This document was created FROM a template. There is no reason for the .docx file to be bound to its originating .dotx file indefinitely.

Let's assume that we're apt users who know what our .dotx files are linked to, and who know what template our .docx files were created from. Let us also assume that we want our original template to not be updated unless we do so directly and that we want the default answer to this annoying dialog to be "No".

Is there a way to disable this harassalog?

If not, perhaps there's another approach.

Is it possible to setup the template such that when the a .docx file is saved from that template, it will cease to be linked to the template from which it was created? We only need the .docx file to be linked to the header file that contains the updatable company information.

Any meaningful help or insight would be appreciated.