Templates Interface

A collection of Template objects that represent all the templates that are currently available.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<GuidAttribute("000209A2-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")> _
Public Interface Templates _
    Inherits IEnumerable
'Usage
Dim instance As Templates
[GuidAttribute("000209A2-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
public interface Templates : IEnumerable

Remarks

This collection includes open templates, templates attached to open documents, and global templates loaded in the Templates and Add-ins dialog box (Tools menu).

Use the Templates property to return the Templates collection.

The Add method isn't available for the Templates collection. Instead, you can add a template to the Templates collection by doing any of the following:

  • Using the Open method with the Documents collection to open a document based on a template or a template.

  • Using the Add method with the Documents collection to open a new document based on a template.

  • Using the Add method with the AddIns collection to load a global template.

  • Using the AttachedTemplate property with the Document object to attach a template to a document.

Use Templates(index), where index is the template name or the index number, to return a single Template object The index number represents the position of the template in the Templates collection.

Use the NormalTemplate property to return a template object that refers to the Normal template. Use the AttachedTemplate property to return the template attached to the specified document.

Use the DefaultFilePath property to determine the location of user or workgroup templates (that is, the folder where you want to store these templates).

See Also

Reference

Templates Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word Namespace