See the article "Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I)" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm

and "Creating a Template (Part II)" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart2.htm


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Hope this helps.

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"Ralph G" Ralph wrote in message
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I want to develop a manuscript for a new book. Does a template exist in
Word
to do this? Should I be considering a different tool?