Create a document template
Create a new template in Microsoft Word 2002
- Do one of the following:
Base a new template on an existing Word document
- On the Word File menu, click Open.
- Open the document you want.
Base a new template on an existing Word template.
- On the Word File menu, click New.
- In the New Document task pane, under New from template, click General Templates.
- Click a template that is similar to the one you want to create, click Template under Create New, and then click OK.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save as type box, click Document Template.
- The default folder is the Templates folder in the Save in box. To save the template so that it will appear on a tab other than General, switch to the corresponding subfolder within the Templates folder.
- In the File name box, type a name for the new template, and then click Save.
- Make any changes you want to appear in all new documents that you base on the template.
- On the File menu, click Save.
Create a new template in Microsoft Publisher 2002.
- In Publisher, create or open the publication you want to use as a template.
- On the File menu, click Save As.
- In the Save as type box, click Publisher Template.
- In the File name box, type a name for the new template, and then click Save.
- Make any changes you want to appear in all new publications that you base on the template.
- On the File menu, click Save.