Creating AutoText/Building Block: How do I get the desired template to appear in the dropdown?

[cos]

Hi,

I'm trying to save a section of text as a building block but I want to add it to a template which will hold all my building blocks.



The problem is that the template does not appear in the 'Save In' drop down.

The template is a .dotx extension and I've tried saving it in the same directory as 'building blocks.dotx' which does appear int he drop down so you might expect files in the same directory with the same file extension to appear!!

How do I get my custom file to appear in the drop down?


Thanks

[Guessed]

Attach the template to the current document and save the building block to it. Then reattach the previous template (you'll be asked if you want to save the changed template)

[Charles Kenyon]

Andrew has pointed you to one method.

See Where can Building Blocks be stored?

When you store building blocks from a document, the only templates, other than the attached template, the Building Blocks.dotx file, and the normal template, in which you can store building blocks are templates which already contain at least one building block and which are loaded as an add-in or in the building blocks folder. If you want to use a custom template for storage, either as a global template or a building blocks template, it must have at least one building block in it already (created when it was the attached template or open for editing directly.

Once you have at least one building block in a template loaded as a global template, that template will show up in the dialog box as a potential storage location.

[cos]

Thanks guys


I've managed to get the template to appear in the list once I managed to get one building block in the template.



Wasn't aware of that one - learnt something new today

[Charles Kenyon]

You are welcome.