Stop requesting save changes to document template

I solved this by uninstalling the Bluetooth program, which I had no use for.

The answers given here are awful. The fire alarm analogy is stupid. If your fire alarm is put out of work, what's the worst that could happen? A fire goes off, there is no alarm, and your house and perhaps the whole city burns down.

If your Microsoft Word template changes without your knowing it, what's the worst that could happen? Uh, not much, besides the Microsoft Word template changing without your knowing it.

So, to get things straight, what DOES deal with what's trying to change the normal template, when I'm not actively trying to change it? Do you (or anyone else commenting in this thread, except Suzanne) have any related information that may help with the actual problem?

Let's put it this way:

I'm creating a document, based on a template. I'm saving the document I created. I DO NOT want the template to change, as the name suggests, the template is something I'm going to use next time as a base to another document. Thus, it is really not sane to ask if I'd like to save the changes to the template too... Not sane, and even further, annoying to say the least.

If I would have liked to change the template itself, I would be editing the template. Then, it may be normal for Word to ask me if I would like to change it or not.

What I think about this, is that Microsoft Office 2013 package is one of the worst implementations or derivations ever existed... So many bugs, so many "changes" and "features" that noone wants. Just like Windows 8, which is miserably failing to provide end-user comfort.

I solved this by uninstalling the Bluetooth program, which I had no use for.

The answers given here are awful. The fire alarm analogy is stupid. If your fire alarm is put out of work, what's the worst that could happen? A fire goes off, there is no alarm, and your house and perhaps the whole city burns down.

If your Microsoft Word template changes without your knowing it, what's the worst that could happen? Uh, not much, besides the Microsoft Word template changing without your knowing it.

Confirming that 'Send to Bluetooth" add in was the cause (if not the root cause)

I solved this by going to File >> Options >> Add-Ins >> Manage COM Add-Ins (at the bottom) and Go..

I unchecked the only COM add-in that was checked which was  "Send to Bluetooth"

Then I quit and restarted Word.

The constant prompting to update my custom templates went away.

This problem existed right out of the box with my new Dell laptop that had office 2013 pre-installed.  The offending DLL is btmofficea.dll  published by Motorola Solutions and seems to have been preinstalled by Dell.   I certainly did not install anything related to Bluetooth and do not use the feature.  I would be curious if any other Dell users have this issue.  I have not found a patch.

It was definitely the Bluetooth for me. Thanks for all the help folks.

Well, you uninstalled the Bluetooth add-in, and the replies given in this thread are about add-ins, so what is so terrible about the replies?

An anology is just that ... an analogy. No one said that ignoring warnings from Word is literally as dangerous as ignoring the smoke detector. However, losing customizations or getting the computer infected with a macro virus could certainly cause trouble.