Global Template Question

I am a WP user making the transition to Word (currently Word XP), and am
attempting to understand global templates. I create a global template and
give it a name - create macros to be held in that template with that
template open, and then save it to the startup folder.

With that template open, when I select Macro|Record New Macro, the choices
for saving the macros are "All Documents (Normal.dot)" and "Documents based
on MacroHolder.dot". Neither option seems to give me what I want. I
thought there should be a way to save them to the template itself. I can
create the macros fine and they work on my computer - but when I load them
to the server I have problems accessing the macros from other workstations -
even though I think I have pointed those workstations to the correct startup
and workgroup folders.

I appreciate the rambling nature of the email and aplogize for that, but
I've been going around in circles between the manual I have (very basic) and
the various help sites I have accessed. I'm happy to figure it out for
myself, but I think I'm missing some basic understanding of something and I
don't know how better to ask the question at this point.

Thanks for any help.

Deb