Word: Workgroup Templates Question

[Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>]

*Hi All,

I'm wondering if you would advise me about a Workgroup Templates issue 
relating to MS Word 2003 and possible 2007.

I'll give the background, and then the questions:

Background
I have built numerous Word templates for corporate use. In the past, the 
recommended means of deployment has been via a shared network drive. In 
Word 2003, users map via the Options dialog box, to that drive, and then 
they can create new documents based on the template.
I am not sure where or how this is implemented in Word 2007.

While this solution works for most employees, some work on laptops and 
take them home. When working from home, they connect via a different 
method, and the drive changes. So, either they open the document and 
work offline and cannot access the template functionality, or they copy 
the template to their local drive or they connect to the network and 
reconnect the template.

Problem
When the employee returns to work, they have to REMAP to the original 
template location. Or they send the document to someone at work who 
mapped their template differently to the network, and so somewhere down 
the chain, linkage to the template is broken and has to be redone. Some 
people know how to do this, others don't, and all complain that this is 
tedious and a pain.
(I agree)

Is there any way to map a template in Word in such a manner that the 
link to the template is not broken when the user works from home? Is 
there any way this can be done without copying the template locally to 
their computer?

Does anyone have any suggestions, ideas? My client does NOT like the 
idea of having to remap to Workgroup Templates every time they work with 
at work, vs from home.

What are the differences for this functionality in Word 2007?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions and advice.

Deborah
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