Using Templates in Word
Templates let you preset document settings such as AutoText entries, fonts, key assignments, macros, menus, page layout, special formatting, and styles.
Nick wants to create a template for his newsletter. He determines the basic structure for the newsletter to include document settings such as AutoText entries, fonts, key assignments, macros, menus, page layout, special formatting, and styles.
1. To load an add-in or template each time you start Word, copy the add-in or template to the Microsoft Office Startup folder.
2. Templates you save in the Templates folder appear on the General tab in the Templates dialog box.
3. To attach a different template to the active document
- On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-Ins.
- Click Attach, then select the template you want. Click open.
4. To copy styles, autotext, entries, toolbars or macros to a template
- On the Tools menu, click Templates and Add-Ins.
- Click Organizer, click the tab for the items you want to copy.
- To copy items to or from a different template or file, click Close File to close the active document and its attached template or to close the normal template. Then click Open File, and open the template or file you want.
- Click the items you want to copy in either list, and then click Copy
5. To check your template file location settings, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the File Locations tab. The default locations for templates and the Startup folder are treated as trusted locations. If you change the location, be sure that the new folder is a secure location
6. When you modify a template, it will affect new documents that you create based on the template. The content of existing documents is not affected by changes you make to the templates they're based on.
On the File menu, click Open, and then locate and open the template you want to modify.
If there aren't any templates listed in the Open dialog box, click Document Templates in the Files of type box.
Change any of the template's text and graphics, styles, formatting, macros, AutoText entries, toolbars, menu settings, and shortcut keys.
On the Standard toolbar, click Save.
