Templates

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Adding Styles to a Template
One of the tings you can store within templates are styles. When you use styles, it is critical that you understand how they can be added to a template so you can use them in a lot of different documents. Here's the way to make that addition.

Attaching a Template
Templates are a great way to apply common formatting characteristics to a document. Here's how to attach a template to an existing document.

Discovering where Word Stores Templates
The first step in modifying templates is to find out where they are stored on your system. Here's the easiest way to figure out that information from within Word.

Editing Templates
Editing a template can be as easy as editing a regular Word document, provided you know where to find the templates. Here are the steps you need to follow to open and make changes to your templates.

Inserting the Template Name Dynamically in a Document
Document templates are an integral part of Word, whether the user realizes it or not. You can use one of Word's fields to dynamically add the name of the current template anywhere within the text of the document.

Specifying a Default Font
Don't like the font that Word uses for a default in your new documents? You can pick a different font, but the way you make the selection is not as straightforward as you might expect.

Where Are Templates Stored?
Need to know where templates are located in Word 2007? The locations may be the same as in earlier versions of the program, but how those locations are treated is different.