Applies To: Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 Word 2007 Templates can store styles, AutoText entries, AutoCorrect entries, macros, toolbars, custom menu settings, and shortcut keys. Loading a template makes it available as a global template that you can use while you work with documents based on any other template. Add-ins are supplemental programs that you can install to extend the capabilities of Microsoft Office Word by adding custom commands and specialized features. An example of an add-in program might be a program designed and distributed by your company's IT department to highlight company names in any document you open on your computer. What do you want to do?
Load templates or add-ins When you load a template or add-in, it remains loaded for the current Word session only. If you quit and then restart Word, the template or add-in is not automatically reloaded. In Word 2010, 2013, or 2016, select File Options Add-Ins. In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then select Word Options Add-ins. In the Manage list, select Word Add-ins, and then click Go.
Click the Templates tab. Under Global templates and add-ins, select the check box next to the template or add-in that you want to load.
If the template or add-in you want does not appear in the box, click Add, switch to the folder that contains the template or add-in you want, click it, and then click OK. Unload templates or add-ins To conserve memory and increase the speed of Word, it's a good idea to unload templates and add-in programs you don't often use. When you unload a template or add-in that's located in your Startup folder, Word unloads the template for the current Word session but automatically reloads it the next time you start Word. When you unload a template or add-in located in any other folder, it is unavailable until you reload it.
To delete a template or add-in from Word, you must remove the template or add-in from the Templates and Add-ins dialog box. In Word 2010, 2013, or 2016, select File Options Add-Ins. In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then select Word Options Add-ins. In the Manage list, select Word Add-ins, and then click Go. Click the Templates tab. Do one of the following:.
To unload a template or add-in but leave it under Global templates and add-ins, clear the check box next to the name of the item. To unload a template or add-in and remove it from the box under Global templates and add-ins, click the item in the box, and then click Remove. Note the following about unloading templates or add-ins:. The Remove button is unavailable when the template you select is located in your Startup folder.
When you unload a template or add-in, you do not remove it from your computer—you only make it unavailable. The location where you've stored the template or add-in determines whether it's loaded when you start Word.
Make a template or add-in available whenever you start Word To have a template or add-in available whenever you start Word, store the add-in or template in the Startup folder. To find the current location of the startup folder:. In Word 2010, 2013, or 2016, select File Options Advanced. In Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then select Word Options Advanced.
Scroll down to General, and then click File Locations. Note the location listed for Startup. Save to this location the template or add-in that you want available when you start Word.
Hello Natalee Dillard, Thank you for choosing Microsoft community. Before we start with the troubleshooting steps I need more details:. Are you able to download other templates?. Are you trying to download templates within Word 2010 or from website?.
Which is the default browser you are using. Check with a different browser and see if you are able to download? However you may also provide the link of the template you wanted to download so that we may also try to reproduce the same issues from or end.
Help you with the details so that we may assist you better. I respectfully say your answers are off-base. I am tech support at a school and have tried every combination of downloading templates including going directly to the office.com site in which case you get re-directed to the support page for the online version of Office. I suggest you reproduce the problem and try to solve it rather than throwing out some theoretical fixes. This is indeed a problem that needs to be solved. Hello, Thank you for choosing Microsoft Community. I completely understand your concern and feel sorry for the inconvenience this has caused.
Before we proceed I would require some more information to assist you better. Do you receives the same error messages, as NataleeDilla? Mention the troubleshooting steps that you have already performed to help you better. Do get back to us with more details so that we may assist you further.