Word: Templates in Depth (365/2019)

Learn how to leverage templates in Microsoft Word to both save time and to give documents a more professional appearance.

Microsoft Word templates consist of predefined page layouts, fonts, margins, and styles, and offer the power to reuse the same structure and styles in numerous documents. In this course, Gini von Courter demonstrates how to work with premade Word templates and create custom templates that you can share with your team. Discover how to quickly build professional forms, resumes, invoices, fax cover letters, and more. Plus, explore advanced template options including the use of field codes and the building block gallery.

Introduction

• Save time with Word templates

1. Create a New Document from a Template

• Templates: The basics
• Find and download a template
• Customize a Word template
• Save a Word template

2. Create a New Template

• Convert an existing document to a template
• Best practices for templates
• Locate and edit a template file
• Modify template styles
• Add or remove styles from a set
• Save a style set template
• Restrict editing and styles
• Work with the global template

3. Share and Distribute Templates

• Strategies for sharing templates
• Share templates in a workgroup folder
• Share templates from a SharePoint team site

4. Advanced Templates and Features

• Add building blocks to a template
• Allow user choice with a content control
• Use field codes in a template

Conclusion

• Next steps