A publisher provided a Word template for me to use in writing a book. However, I also needed to use some of my existing Word customizations (esp macros), which were specified in Normal.dotm.

I'm new to templates, and it was non-trivial figuring-out how to use the provided-template and my Word customizations.
So, I wrote-up the solution on my web-site, for others who encounter this problem. The article can be freely copied under the CreativeCommons license.

MS Word templates: how to use someone else's template

Being new to templates, there are probably ways to improve upon my solution here.
Any feedback is much appreciated.

Coincidentally, the primary sources I used were Charles Kenyon's articles on templates, which are cited.
I just noticed he's the moderator for this forum. (Greetings Charles)