Update of TimeSensor Word templates for Word 2016 (16.16.2 and higher)

Update of TimeSensor Word templates for Word 2016 (16.16.2 and higher)

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Newer versions of Microsoft Word 2016 are no longer compatible with timeSensor Word templates created under earlier versions of Word. The templates can still be executed correctly within timeSensor LEGAL, but Word ends up in an endless memory loop when the template administrator tries to adapt the templates.
The incompatibility is related to a change in the .docx and .docm file format and can only be resolved by creating the template as a new file. This requires two steps. Copying the template (A) and transferring the macro objects to the new template (B).

To make an existing .docm TSL template fit for Word 2016 (16.16.2), proceed as follows:
  1. Copy the template
    1. As always, open your TSL .docm template by holding down the Shift key to edit it.
    2. Select all text in the template (cmd + a) and copy it (cmd + c)
    3. Open a new, empty Word file (cmd + n) and paste the text into the new template (cmd + v). When copying, all formatting is also copied. You should not have to edit the new template any further.
    4. Save the new file as .docm with any (new) title in the TSL Template folder.
  2. Transferring the macro objects to the new template
    1. Under the Tools menu command, click on Document Templates and Add-ins and in the following screen, click on Organise...
    2. Click on the Macro Project Elements tab
    3. In the right field, click on the Close button and then again on the same Open button to select a new source for the macro objects.
    4. Locate the Timesensor Addin document (the .dotm file) and select it.
    5. Now you see two macro objects in the right field with the names TimesensorAddin and TimesensorVersionControl, both of which you have to transfer to the left into your new document via the copy button.
    6. Finally, click on the Toolbar tab and also transfer the toolbar with the name Ti
    7. Close the window and save your template.
The following is a series of pictures illustrating the above steps.