Templates and macros

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Why does a template that contains macros have to be in the same directory as the files created from that template. I have files in other directories that were made with this template and their macros will not work.

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The files do *not* have to be in the same directory as the template they’re made from at all. But if you’re having a problem accessing that template’s macros, you probably need to re-attach or add the template to the file:

Tools | Templates and Add-ins, then either Attach or Add the template file.

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The file created from the template is protected as is the template. After looking at some more files created from this template I found that there were files that still worked. Why would the link be broken on some and not all?

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One possible cause for this would be if you moved the template to another directory at some point.

When new documents are created from a template, the template’s path is stored in the document, and this is an absolute, not a relative path.
So if you should later move the template’s location, the documents will no longer “see” the template.

Stephan’s suggestion for reattaching the template is correct; if the documents are protected you may need to unprotect them temporarily in order to do this.

Hope this helps.

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It does, thank you. I discovered that in order to attach the template to a non-functional document both need to be unprotected for this to take place. Thanks again

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