With Word 2003, I kept my templates on a data drive, which I back up often. How can i move my Word 2016 templates there as well?



Failing that, can i get Word 2016 to accept that as an added source of templates?

You can change where Word looks for its templates via File|Options|Advanced>File Locations. Natually, if the templates aren't already in your preferred location, you'd need to move them there from the existing location.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Word 2016 has two personal template locations.

One, which shows up under File > New under Custom or Personal labels. That one is the default save location for templates. It is set under File > Options > Save.

The other is the location of the normal template. That is the User Templates location. That location is set under File > Options > Advanced. This is where Word 2003 looked for templates "On my Computer."

Both of these locations can be changed. For most personal users, they probably should be the same location; they are not in the same location by default.

See File New Variations in the Versions of Word.

Thanks to both of you.