I have observed that I, when I open the resulting .doc file, still was able
to see the "AutoNew" macro under Tools/Macro menu.

After renaming the original template I found no macros when I opened .doc
file.
There most remain some reference from the .doc file back to the original
.dot file.

Is it possible to avoid this reference to the original template and its
macros?
If so, how?

Ebbe

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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I have read your links. I found many interesting things, but I didn't found
what I looked for or didn't understood, what I read ;-)

Is it possible to give a code example or a more detailed description?

Ebbe

Given that the normal.dot is in the User Templates folder then this
ought to do the trick:

    ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate =
Application.Options.DefaultFilePath(wdUserTemplatesPath) & _
      "\Normal.dot"

But what I would really have is a Blank template and then attach it to
that rather than normal.dot.

Regards
  Malc
  www.dragondrop.com

You could the right words:
    ActiveDocument.AttachedTemplate = ""

Now the resulting document appears as produced without using a template!

Thank You

Ebbe