Word cannot open the template in the STARTUP folder

[burcello]

I learned from some earlier threads a simple and elegant way of sharing custom toolbars and macros with other users of Word on the same machine: Simply save the word document containing this modifications as a template (.dot) and copy that template into the STARTUP folder (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP.

This works great when I am using the logon name with which I created this file. When a different user logs on and launches MSWord, an error box comes up saying that Word cannot access the .dot file in the startup folder. She clicks "OK" and Word runs but without my nifty macros and buttons.

What could be causing this? I don't have any kind of Admin authority. I know there are some kind of different levels of access granted to these different users, but I have no understanding of those distinctions. Might I be able to get this to work by changing some settings or do I need an administrator to knock down some walls for me?

Thanks in advance. This forum rocks.

-Chris

 

[chipk]

right-click the file, go to properties, Security tab and see who has permissions.

it may also be that those user's macro security settings are too high to enable the macros.

 

[burcello]

Yeah, the problem was permissions. I gave the users Read&Execute permission and now everything functions as it should. Thanks!

But, at the risk of hijacking my own thread, I'm having a similar problem with Excel. I put a macro-laden .xlt file in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\XLSTART folder and gave the same users the same permissions with it. But when one of those users launches Excel, the macros and custom buttons are not availible to use. There is no dialogue box complaining about not having access to the .xlt file in this case as there was with the Word problem.

Any ideas?

 

[tf1]

Generally, Office users will need full permissions in a folder as Word usuallly creayes a temp file in the active folder. This needs to be deleted whn Word is closed so they users need full permissions.

To protect the template from users trying to save changes, write protect the templates (make the Read Only) when you save them.

Regards: tf1