

Global templates for years without any problems. Global templates tend to be far less susceptible to corruption. No guarantee that the items will be available.


Of course if the template is corrupted, there's The standard fix is to rename it (with Word closed), restart Word, whichĬreates a new Normal template, then use the Organizer to transfer itemsįrom the old version. To be much more susceptible to corruption. Since the Normal template is used as a scratch pad for the applicationĪs well as any documents that use it as their document template, it tends Is opened or closed, allowing you to configure Word's preferences, forĮxample, to make sure that your environment is exactly the way you likeīy default, macros, autotext and customizations are stored in the Normal Template is a special case in that it is always a global template as wellĪ global template can also contain automacros, which run when the template Thus giving Word new functionality that works for any document. Global templates canĬontain autotext entries, macros, custom toolbars and keyboard shortcuts, Only to the documents to which they are attached. That apply to all documents, as opposed to document templates which apply Global templates, also called add-ins, are, as the name implies, templates Using Global Templates to add functionality to MacWord
