When you have that document open in Word, click Save As, and then at the bottom select Save As Word Template (*.dotx) and navigate to your template folder and save it. Typically the folder is at C:\Users\<user-name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates Once the template file is in that folder, when you click on New in the File menu, that template will appear in Available Templates > My Templates. When you click on it, it will create a new document using that template. As far as I know, there is no way to prevent the changing elements in the new document, but even if someone does, that won't affect the original template which would be unchanged.. -- *Larry Kuttner* Information Technology Manager Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA) 20 Federal Street, Greenfield, MA 01301 413.774.6051 <(413)%20774-6051> ext. 12 *·* lkuttner at nesea.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20210401/a80f1515/attachment.html>