Word documents looking for template on network drive

Question

I have a bunch of word doc's that were created using a template - which is no longer available. If I am connected the company network when i try to open these documents Word hangs and will not open them. If i disconnect the network cable or i try to open them when not connected the company network the doc's open without a problem. I am wondering if there is anyway to remove the relience on this template from the doc's - I have copied the contents to a new doc and this solves the problem, however there are more than 100 doc's.

Any help appreciated.

Answer 1

I believe you can go into the tools menu, select 'templates and addins" click on "attach" and attach the document to a local template (e.g. normal). I looking at Word 2003, so your exact menu sequence may be different. Unfortunately this is a document, by document process as well, so this may not solve it much better than moving the contents.

Answer 2

Here's a template disconnection procedure for Office 2k7:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/word-help/load-or-unload-a-template-or-add-in-program-HA010105537.aspx#BM2