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I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each user
has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the template.
Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed somewhere
else?

Jonathan
Wed Aug 09 16:43:59 CDT 2006


"Brendan" <Brendan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
> having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each
> user
> has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the
> template.
> Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
> it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
> manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed
> somewhere
> else?

It is housed somewhere else, and deliberately set up so that you can't (at
least not by any published method) change it programmatically.

You should look into getting a digital certificate for your template so it
will run under High security once users trust the certificate.


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Cindy
Thu Aug 10 04:02:48 CDT 2006

Hi =?Utf-8?B?QnJlbmRhbg==?=,

> I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
> having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each user
> has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the template.
> Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
> it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
> manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed somewhere
> else?
>
If the user copies the template to the same folder as Normal.dot, it should run
without triggering the macro security. Unless "Trust all installed addins and
templates" has been deactivated. In that case, only the approach with a digital
certificate will work.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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Brendan
Thu Aug 10 10:30:02 CDT 2006

OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the Templates
menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put them
in the user's "Other Documents" tab? If it is the latter of the two, how
does the 1033 directory know where each template is to be placed in the FILE,
NEW tab form? Is there some sort of INI file that holds the control for this?

"Brendan" wrote:

> I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
> having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each user
> has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the template.
> Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
> it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
> manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed somewhere
> else?

Jonathan
Thu Aug 10 11:21:12 CDT 2006


"Brendan" <Brendan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EFFABDC5-7966-4E6E-9D75-AE3D5924CDBB@microsoft.com...
> OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the
> Templates
> menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put
> them
> in the user's "Other Documents" tab?

Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder,
and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
show up in the File New dialog.


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Brendan
Thu Aug 10 16:21:02 CDT 2006

Could not get that to work with either directory.

C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\

Am I missing one?



"Jonathan West" wrote:

>
> "Brendan" <Brendan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EFFABDC5-7966-4E6E-9D75-AE3D5924CDBB@microsoft.com...
> > OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the
> > Templates
> > menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put
> > them
> > in the user's "Other Documents" tab?
>
> Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder,
> and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
> show up in the File New dialog.
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Jonathan West - Word MVP
> www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
> Please reply to the newsgroup
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>
>

Jean-Guy
Fri Aug 11 08:46:12 CDT 2006

Brendan was telling us:
Brendan nous racontait que :

> Could not get that to work with either directory.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\
>
> Am I missing one?

You have to use the folders that are listed under Tools > Options > File
Locations tab > User Templates or Workgroup Templates.
If the two paths you mentioned above are neither, then yes, you are missing
something! ;-)

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Charles
Mon Aug 14 11:10:44 CDT 2006

You have to use the folders designated in Word as the user templates folder
or the workgroup templates folder. Those can be anything and the defaults
have changed with versions of Word!

For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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"Brendan" <Brendan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Could not get that to work with either directory.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\
>
> Am I missing one?
>
>
>
> "Jonathan West" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Brendan" <Brendan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EFFABDC5-7966-4E6E-9D75-AE3D5924CDBB@microsoft.com...
>> > OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the
>> > Templates
>> > menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put
>> > them
>> > in the user's "Other Documents" tab?
>>
>> Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates
>> folder,
>> and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
>> show up in the File New dialog.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Jonathan West - Word MVP
>> www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>> Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org
>>
>>

Russ
Tue Aug 15 11:52:38 CDT 2006

Brendan,
As this link by Mr. Mayor suggests, you could go to a user's terminal and
open Word; then use the menus "tools > options > file locations" to see
where that application of Word is looking for files:
Click on links.
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

Or do a search in Google Groups:
http://tinyurl.com/nno5o




> Could not get that to work with either directory.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\
>
> Am I missing one?
>
>
>
> "Jonathan West" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Brendan" <Brendan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EFFABDC5-7966-4E6E-9D75-AE3D5924CDBB@microsoft.com...
>>> OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the
>>> Templates
>>> menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put
>>> them
>>> in the user's "Other Documents" tab?
>>
>> Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder,
>> and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
>> show up in the File New dialog.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Jonathan West - Word MVP
>> www.intelligentdocuments.co.uk
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>> Keep your VBA code safe, sign the ClassicVB petition www.classicvb.org
>>
>>

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