Attaching Macro-Enabled Templates to your Microsoft Word file.

This article will showcase how you can add macro-enabled templates to a default word document.

NOTE: To find out how you can create a macro-enabled template, check out this article.

Table of Contents

1.Access Word Options.

2.Look in the Add-ins Tab.

3.Load up the Templates and Add-ins menu.

4.Select the template you want to attach.

5.Enable the macros.

6.Test out the macros.


To attach a macro-enabled template to a Microsoft Word document, refer to the instructions below.

Click File.


Click Options.


Click Add-ins.

Click the "Manage" drop-down list and select Templates. Then click Go.

Click on "Attach..." and navigate to the template you want to load into the document.

NOTE: If you also want to load in the Styles that are created in the template, you can check off the "Automatically update document styles" checkbox.

Click OK.

NOTE: If you see the message that tells you that Macros have been disabled, click on the Enable Content. If the macros are still disabled, refer to this article.

Enable the Macros.

Test the Macros.