I created a template in Word 2007 for a long document to which several users 
have contributed content. At times, when the document is sent back and forth 
among the users, the template is somehow stripped off and replaced with the 
normal.dotx template. Has anyone else had a similar experience, and if so, 
does anyone have a suggested fix? Thanks. 
-- 
Wallace

Word automatically attaches normal.dotm (not dotx) to a document whenever 
the original template is not available at the time of opening the document.

"Not available" may mean that it isn't on the machine at all, or just that 
it isn't in the Templates folder as defined in the File Locations dialog. 
(To find that dialog, go to Office button > Word Options > Advanced, scroll 
all the way to the bottom, and click the File Locations button.) As every 
user to be sure they have a copy of your template, with its original name, 
in the Templates folder.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
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Wallace wrote:
> I created a template in Word 2007 for a long document to which
> several users have contributed content. At times, when the document
> is sent back and forth among the users, the template is somehow
> stripped off and replaced with the normal.dotx template. Has anyone
> else had a similar experience, and if so, does anyone have a
> suggested fix? Thanks.