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Thanks! <br />
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We were headed in that direction as a solution, but some internet comments indicated that there might be problems not allowing each user to have their own template. &nbsp;This response suggests to me that this is the reason why Microsoft offers both &quot;user&quot; and &quot;workgroup&quot; templates folders.
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Thanks!

We were headed in that direction as a solution, but some internet comments indicated that there might be problems not allowing each user to have their own template.  This response suggests to me that this is the reason why Microsoft offers both "user" and "workgroup" templates folders.

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Yes, you will certainly will have problems if you share the Normal template:<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811468" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811468</a>
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Yes, you will certainly will have problems if you share the Normal template:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811468 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811468]

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In our small law office, we would like all users to be able to use a common Normal template which has been customized to modify standard Headings styles, as well as a customized multi-level numbering scheme. &nbsp; How can we deploy the same Normal template to all users in our office? &nbsp;(Individual Folders have been set up for each user under the &quot;Templates&quot; path in our file system).
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In our small law office, we would like all users to be able to use a common Normal template which has been customized to modify standard Headings styles, as well as a customized multi-level numbering scheme.   How can we deploy the same Normal template to all users in our office?  (Individual Folders have been set up for each user under the "Templates" path in our file system).

How to Deploy a common Normal Word Template

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.