atw: Re: Cannot find template - Very long document opening time

Given the stated restrictive environment, the only solution I am aware of is
to have a dummy entry for that network address. Implementation of this is
possible both at a client level (eg the dreaded Hosts file) or localised
routers if only a select user group access these documents, as well as at a
global level, eg dummy DNS entry recorded as legacy. There are many ways for
your techs to skin that cat, and your local policies should mandate the
general method so I can't provide any more specifics.
 
 

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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of GOULD Steven
Sent: Tuesday, 17 October 2006 9:40 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Cannot find template - Very long document opening time



Hi all, 
My local work environment contains a large number of project directories,
sitting on a network drive, with a many working documents that have
accumulated over the last decade. Individual projects would work to their
own MS Word template located in the relevant project folder (although not
all project documentation used this template - consistency seems to be
highly overrated by some users).

Some time ago, after a server upgrade, the network drive name was changed,
which therefore changed the pathname for all project templates.

Now it takes up to a minute (longer sometimes) for these documents to open,
which I'm assuming is due to Word 2000 not able to find the document
template. If I remove the template link and save the affected document it
returns to normal. 

Many of the legacy documents are now in archived, read-only folders, so
therefore I cannot change these documents. Is there some way to tell Word
not to wait until a network time-out before eventually opening the document
anyway?

Thanks in advance 
Steve Gould

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