5.3 Basic skills
more detail: Microsoft Word 2013
5.3.3 Creating and Using Template
Start with a blank template
Click the File tab, and then click New.
Click Blank document, and then click Create.
Make the changes that you want to the margin settings, page size and orientation, styles, and other formats.
You can also add content controls such as a date picker, instructional text, and graphics that you want to appear in all new documents that you base on the template.
Click the File tab, and then click Save As.
In the Save As dialog box, do one of the following:
On a computer that is running Windows 7, scroll to the top of the folder list, and under Microsoft Word click Templates.
On a computer that is running Windows Vista, under Favorite Links, click Templates.
On a computer that is running Windows XP, under Save in, click Trusted Templates.
Give the new template a file name, select Word Template in the Save as type list, and then click Save.
Close the template.
Create a template based on an existing template or document
Click the File tab, and then click New.
Under Available templates, click New from existing.
Click a template or a document that is similar to the one that you want to create, and then click Create New.
Make the changes you want to the margin settings, page size and orientation, styles, and other formats.
You can also add content controls such as a date picker, instructional text, and graphics you want to appear in all new documents that you base on the template.
Click the File tab, and then click Save As.
In the Save As dialog box, do one of the following:
On a computer that is running Windows 7, scroll to the top of the folder list, and under Microsoft Word click Templates.
On a computer that is running Windows Vista, under Favorite Links, click Templates.
On a computer that is running Windows XP, under Save in, click Trusted Templates.
Give the new template a file name, select Word Template in the Save as type list, and then click Save.
Close the template.