Hi Carl_B,
Simmilar problem here in the UK.
I am wondering whether my Quick Parts are being stored elsewhere.
In my case, I have created my own template for use by others, and stored the Quick Parts in this template. If I open the template they are there
However, when making changes to this template, I am unable to directly save the file (as a template) since Word wants to save a document-that-is-based-on-the-template rather than an updated template. Instead, I have to explicitly "Save As..." and then choose Word template as the document type. But then, of course, Word won't let me save to the current template because it is open, so I have to choose a different filename.
When I open this new template, it has lost the Quick Parts I had earlier created. It is as though Word (or the Building Blocks Organizer) is not changing the location of the Quick Parts. Rename a template file and the Building Blocks Organizer shows the new location of the Quick Parts, but "Save As" a new template and it doesn't.
At best, quirky, at worst, buggy.
Still trying to find a solution...
Carl_B wrote:
Quick Parts in a Template
09-Feb-10
I have created a template for a group of individual to use and have added two
Quick Parts items, both of which are specially formatted tables. If I e-mail
the template to the users, one or both of these QuickParts items vanish.
I can not figure out why. Any suggestions welcomed.
What is the best means to deploy this template?
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Quick Parts in a Template
I have created a template for a group of individual to use and have added two
Quick Parts items, both of which are specially formatted tables. If I e-mail
the template to the users, one or both of these QuickParts items vanish.
I can not figure out why. Any suggestions welcomed.
What is the best means to deploy this template?
Are you sure the Quick Parts are stored in that particular template?
Are you sure the Quick Parts are stored in that particular template?
When you first create a Quick Part, there is a dialog for supplying its
name, gallery, and category, and there is also a box labeled "Save in".
That defaults to Building Blocks.dotx, but the dropdown also gives you
the choice of Normal.dotm or (if you are editing another template or a
document based on another template) the current template. You would
have to select the proper template explicitly.
If the Quick Parts are in Building Blocks.dotx or Normal.dotm, you
can move it to the other template. First open the other template or a
document based on it. Open the Building Blocks Organizer from the
dropdown on the Quick Parts button. Select the Quick Part to move and
click the Edit Properties button, change the Save In setting, and
click OK. On closing the document, confirm that you want to save the
change.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Thank you for the response.
Thank you for the response.
I am 100% confident that I saved it in the template, which I selected from
the drop-down. I did it three times.
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In that case, and assuming that you saved and closed the templatebefore
In that case, and assuming that you saved and closed the template
before attaching it to the email, I do not have any explanation.
You could try zipping the template and attaching the zip file to the
email. That has the small advantage that a zip file automatically
includes a CRC checksum, so if the file is being changed in any way by
the email transport, it will report a mismatch.
Thank you, I will try zipping the file.
Thank you, I will try zipping the file. If it works I will let you know for
future reference. But not till tomorrow, as I am home today. Our fair city
has "closed" due to a minor snow storm (see the weather in the mid-atlantic
region of the US)
When this is done, and after last weekend, my back yard will have about 40
inches
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I am in the same situation (near Philadelphia).
I am in the same situation (near Philadelphia). This snow thing is
starting to get old. :-(
I went back to my template and made certain that the Quick Parts have
I went back to my template and made certain that the Quick Parts have been
saved in the template - they have. I emailed to a collegue, with the same
result. Some of the custom Quick Parts was missing.
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Can you eliminate email from the situation, by copying the templatethrough a
Can you eliminate email from the situation, by copying the template
through a network or on physical media such as CD or USB stick?
Also, what happens if you copy the template to some removable media,
delete it from your hard drive, and then copy it back to the same
folder? Do the quick parts stay or disappear?
The part I find most mystifying is when one quick part disappears and
the other one does not. Is it always the same one?
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