Suggestions for MS regarding searching for office templates

[Leana Ahmed-Taylor]

The other day I searched and found the perfect template for a budget in
Excel. Using the same search on another day yielded different results. It
wasn't until I scrolled to the very bottom that I realized that my results
were being truncated to the top 100. This top 100 keeps changing. In fact
today's result set included a template for a Santa holiday card in Word.
Here are a few suggestions to improve searching for templates.
1. Allow a user to use google/msn type search parameters in the search
window. If they are supposed to work...well, I tried some and they don't
work.
2. Allow a user to impose their own limits on the number of search results
returned. If anything, the MS office team can make this a benefit of
registering/logging into the site. Also if #1 was in place, the results
would be more accurate thereby reducing the number of erroneous hits.
3. Allow a user to choose the apps for which they want the template. Again
this could be a feature of logging into the site.


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[Beth Melton]

Just go to the template gallery directly instead of using the task
pane in Office and you'll find the flexibility you are after with no
need to log in:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx

You can also get to Office Online in any application from the Help
menu.

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[Leana Ahmed-Taylor]

Hi Beth!
Thank you for your speedy reply! I should have been more clear. I had
initiated my search from the office.microsoft.com templates section you
identified below, not from an Office application.

Best Regards,
Leana