
Building Blocks can only exist in a template. In Word 2007 and Word 2010, AutoTexts were expanded and re-named as Building Blocks. You can copy AutoTexts between templates using Tools > Templates and Add-ins > Organizer. AutoTexts/Building Blocks AutoTexts in Word 2003 and earlierĪutoText can only exist in a template. There are ways to copy most things from a template to a document. If you want to copy material from template to document, read on. So attaching a new template makes them available it doesn't change the document. They are in the template: they don't reside in the document. Those four things sit there waiting to be used, but they're made available to the document. The newly-attached template will sit in the background, and make available the four things that templates make available to documents: macros, AutoTexts/Building blocks, toolbars/UI customization and keyboard shortcuts. You're not creating a new document, so the styles, content and page settings in the newly-attached template will not affect the document at all. The document inherited styles, content and page settings from its parent template when it was first created. That's right: nothing happens to the document when you attach a new template (well, the document stores the fact that it is now attached to a new template, but that's it). So, what does happen when you attach a new template to a document? If you're not 100% sure of the relationship between Word documents and templates, see What is the relationship between a Word document and its template?. This page explains what happens when you attach a new template to a Word document. However, this may not achieve what you had mind. in Word 2007 and Word 2010, on the Developer tab, click Document Template (if the Developer tab is not displayed, click the round Office button, click Word Options, click Popular, and then on the right of the dialog tick "Show Developer tab in the Ribbon").in Word 2003 and earlier versions, click Tools > Templates and Add-ins.You can attach a new template to a document. The new template makes four things available to the document: macros, AutoTexts/Building Blocks, toolbars and keyboard shortcuts.Įvery Word document is based on a template, whether you choose a template explicitly or not. When you attach a new template to a Word document, nothing happens.
