Hi Wheel
To add to what JoAnn and Charles said, it's worth bearing in mind that
people create templates for different reasons. When you create a new
document from a template, you'll see quite different things depending on
what the template creator had in mind. Here are some examples:
1. A template might be created to help people use appropriate formatting.
When you create a new document from the template, the body of the document
might be completely empty. You can just type the text you choose. Businesses
create templates like this to help you use the standard formatting the
business has chosen. So when you apply, say, the Heading 1 style, Heading 1
might be defined as blue Arial 16pt. In a different template, Heading 1
might be green Times New Roman 18pt.
Some templates like this have additional toolbars to help you insert
standard pieces of text, or to apply styles (like Heading 1) easily, or to
provide extra functionality to Word.
2. A template might be set up to help you lay out a complex document. A
template for a newsletter or flyer might be like this. It may be laid out in
columns, it might have a banner on the front with place for a logo.
3. A template might be set up as a form, for example an Application for
Leave form. So the template will include text (like "Name") and a place for
you to type your name. Some form-type templates are simple forms where you
type where indicated. Some might be partly protected so the template will
only allow you to type in the right places. Some can be quite sophisticated.
For example, when you type your name, the template might look up your name
in a database, find your supervisor's name and automatically add the
supervisor's name to the document.
4. Other templates are designed to give you standard text as a starting
point for your document. In a business, you might have a standard contract
for buying goods and services. The template would hold all the required text
of the contract, perhaps dozens of pages of text. It may have places for you
to type the name of the supplier, the price and so on. Templates like this
may or may not care much about formatting or layout.
5. Some templates use a wizard. When you create a new document from this
kind of template, a wizard opens that asks you for information, and then
puts the information into the new document. There are some built-in wizards
in Word. Try File New. In the Task pane at the right, click On My
Computer. Now, on the Other Documents tab, click the Calendar Wizard, and
then click OK.
There are several templates built in to Word (which you can access through
File New and "On my computer"). You can download templates from Microsoft
at
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/te...323741033.aspx. And, of
course, you can create your own templates.
Hope this helps.
Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word
"TheWheel" wrote in message
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Nothing I've seen starts at the begining and moves forward!
Simple! How do you use a template?
File Projects My Templates?
THEN WHAT?
Are there ANY fields, or do I just type stuff on?
If I need additional sets of things, what do I do? Just type them in, or
copy and paste the template lines?
How should I replace the template text? Search and replace? Highlight and
Type? Type and delete?
How how how!