My client is having a problem with a Word template I've provided for them on their site.
Specifically:
- They've placed the template on a shared drive (Windows mapped network drive) that everyone can see at the same path.
- They can create a new document based on that template, save that new document to their desktop and work with that document fine, including using macros from the original template.
- However: when emailed from Original Author A to Editor B, the document at Editor B's end loses its connection to the template. Macros saved in the template are unusable. I've brought up the Microsoft VBA window (alt-F11) and confirmed that there is no reference to the template in the document at Editor B's end.
I've confirmed that Editor B can see the original template on the shared drive.
I can't reproduce this problem locally using my companies own infrastructure, so I suspect that this is something specific to my clients (A) network setup or (B) Word 2007 setup.
The client has added the template location to the trust center "trusted locations" on both the sending and receiving computers. "Allow trusted locations on my network" is checked.
I have a few ideas for things I want to check out next time I'm on site - under the "trust center" settings there's a list of trusted locations for templates and various security settings related to templates. I'd also like to try reattaching the template to the emailed document after the fact to see if I get any interesting error messages.
What else can I do to work this problem out?
