Microsoft Word

[Dion]

What exactly is a template created for?

 

[John]

Lets say you owned your own business and you wanted to
have a fax cover sheet with your business
name/address/logo on it. You would create a template so
that each time you wanted to send a fax, you wouldn't have
to retype all of the information. The template is created
so that you don't have to waste time typing or formating
the same stuff over and over.

 

[Marek Williams]

Lets say you owned your own business and you wanted to
have a fax cover sheet with your business
name/address/logo on it. You would create a template so
that each time you wanted to send a fax, you wouldn't have
to retype all of the information. The template is created
so that you don't have to waste time typing or formating
the same stuff over and over.

Why couldn't the user just create a regular Word document with the
desired stuff? On opening the document, the user would then do a Save
As in order not to overwrite the "template" document.

How is that functionally different from using a template?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Because it is so easy to forget to Save As and unintentionally overwrite an
old document or "template." Word 2002 does accommodate this approach,
however, by allowing you to base a new document on an existing document
("New from existing document" in the New Document task pane).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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