Header/Footer in Template doesn’t apple (Word 2003 SP1)

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I’ve got a letterhead template that I have saved in my template default location. It shows up in the task pane and in the dialogue to create a new document from template. However, when I apply it the header and footer aren’t there. That’s a main point of this template. I can’t upload a .dot file, so I’ve saved it as a .doc file to upload.

Is there something else I need to do to get the header and footer to apply?

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I downloaded the document and changed the extension to .dot. If I create a new document from the template, there is a page header with the seal of the University of Kansas and some text, and a page footer saying “My stuff”. Is that as intended? If you don’t see them, you may be in another view than Page Layout view.

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Hans and Stuart,

Ok. I think I’ve figured out what was going on. When I create a new document, everything is there. I was applying the document to an already existing file and nothing was happening. It seems like it should work both ways. Oh well. Thanks for the help.

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You could, if this is going to be a common need, create a procedure that manually copies the contents of the new template’s headers and footers into the existing document. The difficulty is that Word probably has to open a copy of the template directly to access this material. It would be easier to save it as AutoText in your template and then have the macro insert that into the existing document, rather than try to copy and paste it….

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You could, if this is going to be a common need, create a procedure that manually copies the contents of the new template’s headers and footers into the existing document. The difficulty is that Word probably has to open a copy of the template directly to access this material. It would be easier to save it as AutoText in your template and then have the macro insert that into the existing document, rather than try to copy and paste it….

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Hans and Stuart,

Ok. I think I’ve figured out what was going on. When I create a new document, everything is there. I was applying the document to an already existing file and nothing was happening. It seems like it should work both ways. Oh well. Thanks for the help.

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I downloaded the document and changed the extension to .dot. If I create a new document from the template, there is a page header with the seal of the University of Kansas and some text, and a page footer saying “My stuff”. Is that as intended? If you don’t see them, you may be in another view than Page Layout view.

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When you apply a template to an existing document, Word doesn’t copy any content to the document, it just makes styles etc. available..

If you want to create a new document based on the template then you need to use File > New > Templates > on my computer > then select your template. This will create a new document that includes all the contents of the template.

StuartR

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When you apply a template to an existing document, Word doesn’t copy any content to the document, it just makes styles etc. available..

If you want to create a new document based on the template then you need to use File > New > Templates > on my computer > then select your template. This will create a new document that includes all the contents of the template.

StuartR

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I create my document and include headers and footers along with any other fixed content, then ‘save as…’ and choose save as template. when I create a new doc based on that template, it opens with all the content including headers. I am using Word 2000 but it should work with all versions.

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That is correct, but Cathy wanted to apply the template to already existing documents. Applying a template to an existing document will NOT copy the headers or footers of the template into the document.

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Ah – I had not read her question properly!

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That is correct, but Cathy wanted to apply the template to already existing documents. Applying a template to an existing document will NOT copy the headers or footers of the template into the document.

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I create my document and include headers and footers along with any other fixed content, then ‘save as…’ and choose save as template. when I create a new doc based on that template, it opens with all the content including headers. I am using Word 2000 but it should work with all versions.

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