Templates

Creating, developing and deploying Microsoft Word templates

For developers

Front cover images in Microsoft Word report templates

In a Microsoft Word template for a business report we often need a front cover with a big image and text overlaying the image. How to do it and traps to avoid.

How to save a Word document as a template

If you save a Word document as a template, your template will start life with all the accumulated baggage and garbage that the document had acquired. Here is how to create a pristine, clean, new Word template in Word 2007 or Word 2010.

For graphic designers

Specifying cover images for Microsoft Word templates

For graphic designers: about the best size and format to supply front and back cover images to be used in a Word template.

For users

What happens when I attach a new template to my document? or How do I copy content and settings from a template to a document?

You can attach a new template to a document. But when you do so, you might not get the results you expect. This article explains what happens when you attach a template to a document, and how to achieve what you may think should have happened.

What is the relationship between a Microsoft Word document and its template?

Describes how a document is based on a template, what effect the template has when a new document is created, and what role the template plays when a document is being edited.