Thanks so much for your help and for testing the template-association feature in RTF. I'm pretty new to OOo, and I didn't realize that RTF would have limitations in OOo. I tried an ODT document just now, and it retained the association with the template. I also see that the Load Files...From File feature, which didn't work exactly right with RTF, does work with ODT. It looks like ODT format is what I should be using if I want the best compatibility and full use of the great features of OOo. I really appreciate all the clarification. Mary
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