Add Word templates to the publication definition

1. Expand the publication node in the explorer and right-click the Templates folder.
2. In the context menu, select Add template.
3. In the explorer that opens, select the Microsoft Word® template that you want to use for the publication of data. The Microsoft Word template is added as a new sub-node to the Templates folder.
4. In the attribute window, define a technical name for the Word template in the Name attribute.

   Rules for defining technical names

   Technical names should be unique and should not contain white spaces and special characters except underscore and hyphen. They are used to identify configuration objects unambiguously in technical processes.

The template is uploaded to the database. You can any time right-click the template node and work with the template:

• Show Publication Template: Select this option to open a preview of the template in Alfabet Expand. Please note that only one template can be displayed in the middle pane. If you use the option on a publication template while another publication template is aready displayed, the preview of previously displayed template is substituted with the preview of the selected publication template.
• Reload Publication Template: Select to update changes made to the template stored in the local file system. Any changes performed after the template has been assigned to the publication configuration must be reloaded in order to be updated to the solution configuration. If you select Reload Template, an explorer will open that allows you to select the changed document in the local file system. After upload, the mapping nodes of an existing configuration will be automatically adapted to the new template without any loss to the existing configuration. Renaming a bookmark requires re-configuration of the bookmark mapping because the old bookmark will be regarded as deleted and the new name will be interpreted as a new bookmark.
• Save Publication Template to Disk: Select this option to export a copy of the uploaded template to the local file system.
• Delete: Select this option to delete the uploaded template from the database. If you delete a template, the mapping for the template will also be deleted. All mapping nodes and the configuration in the nodes will be removed from the publication node.

Information about the creation and last update performed on the Word template node are available in the attribute window of the template node. Expand the Tech Info attribute to view the information.