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From: Ian on 6 Apr 2010 10:44 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? Previous Posts In This Thread: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:04 PM Carl_B wrote: 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? On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:58 PM Jay Freedman wrote: 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. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:37 PM Carl_B wrote: 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:06 PM Jay Freedman wrote: 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. On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:10 AM Carl_B wrote: 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 "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:35 AM Jay Freedman wrote: I am in the same situation (near Philadelphia). I am in the same situation (near Philadelphia). This snow thing is starting to get old. :-( On Friday, February 12, 2010 11:33 AM Carl_B wrote: 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. "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Friday, February 12, 2010 10:48 PM Jay Freedman wrote: 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? Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice BizTalk Custom Pipeline for Splitting Messages http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/a0786aaf-c159-40ff-9cf6-241d5e325f42/biztalk-custom-pipeline-f.aspx
From: Stefan Blom on 6 Apr 2010 14:43 If you want a template with Building Blocks to be globally available in Word, you must save it to the Startup folder or the Document Building Blocks folder. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP <Ian Hunneybell> wrote in message news:201046104418ian.hunneybell(a)govtech.co.uk... > 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 > 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? > > Previous Posts In This Thread: > > On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:04 PM > Carl_B wrote: > > 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 > 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? > > On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:58 PM > Jay Freedman wrote: > > 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. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup > so all may benefit. > > On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:37 PM > Carl_B wrote: > > 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. > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:06 PM > Jay Freedman wrote: > > 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. > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:10 AM > Carl_B wrote: > > 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 > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > On Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:35 AM > Jay Freedman wrote: > > I am in the same situation (near Philadelphia). > I am in the same situation (near Philadelphia). This snow thing is > starting to get old. :-( > > On Friday, February 12, 2010 11:33 AM > Carl_B wrote: > > 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. > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > > On Friday, February 12, 2010 10:48 PM > Jay Freedman wrote: > > 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? > > > Submitted via EggHeadCafe - Software Developer Portal of Choice > BizTalk Custom Pipeline for Splitting Messages > http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials/aspnet/a0786aaf-c159-40ff-9cf6-241d5e325f42/biztalk-custom-pipeline-f.aspx
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