OpenAsDocument Method

Opens the specified template as a document and returns a Document object.

Note   Opening a template as a document allows the user to edit the contents of the template. This may be necessary if a property or method (the Styles property, for example) isn't available from the Template object.

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Template object.

Example

This example opens the template attached to the active document, displays a message box if the template contains anything more than a single paragraph mark, and then closes the template.

Dim docNew As Document

Set docNew = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.OpenAsDocument

If docNew.Content.Text <> Chr(13) Then
    MsgBox "Template is not empty"
Else
    MsgBox "Template is empty"
End If
docNew.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges

This example saves a copy of the Normal template as "Backup.dot."

Dim docNew As Document

Set docNew = NormalTemplate.OpenAsDocument

With docNew
    .SaveAs FileName:="Backup.dot"
    .Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
End With

This example changes the formatting of the Heading 1 style in the template attached to the active document. The UpdateStyles method updates the styles in the active document.

Dim docNew As Document

Set docNew = ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate.OpenAsDocument

With docNew.Styles(wdStyleHeading1).Font
    .Name = "Arial"
    .Size = 16
    .Bold = False
End With
docNew.Close SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges
ActiveDocument.UpdateStyles