How do I get MS Word to look at Sharepoint for workgroup templates?

We have chosen to use Microsoft Sharepoint as our document management system.  Using a document library to version control our MS Office document templates is easy enough.  However, I cannot find a way to get MS Office 2007 to create new documents
using the templates recorded in Sharepoint.  I can point Word to look at a standard network drive using:
Office Button > Word Options > Advanced > File Locations...
However, I cannot use an http(s) address for the 'Workgroup templates' path.  I have tried to map a network address to the Sharepoint library, which works fine from Windows Explorer, but Word will not allow me to use this drive either (I assume because
the underlying address is still an Internet address.
In my opinion, it is neither logical, nor efficient, nor sensible for Word users to have to use IE to create new documents, just because the templates are under configuration management in Sharepoint.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone could tell me how to achieve this.

Thanks for all the replies.  As far as I can gather, they all seem to indicate that SharePoint is not the right tool for my application.  I was rather hoping that Micrsoft would have provided a more seamless integration between their Office and
Enterprise tools.
As a Quality Manager, I want to be able to update the templates used by the company emlpoyees and roll them out without directly affecting the employees who use them. 
When creating a document, people will open MS Word and use File -> New.  It is illogical and inefficient to ask them to create all new documents by opening their browser, logging in to SharePoint, navigating to the appropriate Templates folder and
creating their new documents from there, without being able preview and verify that they're using the appropriate template.
The alternative (to get everyone to make local copies of the Templates) immediately ensures that the document management system is broken as all new documents will be created from uncontrolled copies of the templates.
Neither scenario is good business practice.
My conclusion is that we should look into an alternative Document Management System, maybe something as simple as setting up access permissions on a shared drive.
Thanks again.
Michael Randle Technical Sales Manager Absolute Software Ltd Tel: 08450 944 744 Mobile: 07805 081 085 Web: www.absolute-software.co.uk

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