How do I create a document template in Word? in Word General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              NewGuy 12/4/2004 9:38 AM PST   Question   I've tried to find step-by-step instructions for creating a template in MS Word. No luck! How do I create a template?     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Jay Freedman 12/4/2004 10:49 AM PST   Answer   On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:39:03 -0800, NewGuy <NewGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I've tried to find step-by-step instructions for creating a template in MS >Word. No luck! How do I create a template? http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm The step-by-step instructions are about half way down the first page of the second article, but I highly recommend reading all of the first article, and as much of the second one as you can digest. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           NewGuy 12/4/2004 1:25 PM PST   Thanks, Jay. Just what I needed! NewGuy "Jay Freedman" wrote: > On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:39:03 -0800, NewGuy > <NewGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > >I've tried to find step-by-step instructions for creating a template in MS > >Word. No luck! How do I create a template? > > http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm > http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm > > The step-by-step instructions are about half way down the first page > of the second article, but I highly recommend reading all of the first > article, and as much of the second one as you can digest. > > -- > Regards, > Jay Freedman > Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           Charles Kenyon 12/6/2004 7:50 AM PST   (After you've read those articles) For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "NewGuy" <NewGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:25A70976-974A-4697-BFEE-B18ABCACED98@microsoft.com... > Thanks, Jay. Just what I needed! > > NewGuy > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > >> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:39:03 -0800, NewGuy >> <NewGuy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >I've tried to find step-by-step instructions for creating a template in >> >MS >> >Word. No luck! How do I create a template? >> >> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm >> http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm >> >> The step-by-step instructions are about half way down the first page >> of the second article, but I highly recommend reading all of the first >> article, and as much of the second one as you can digest. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jay Freedman >> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org >>     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies