Creating documents based on templates

You can use a template as a starting point for a new document or apply it to an existing document.

To create a new document based on a template, do one of the following:

	Choose File > New From Template. In the dialog box that appears, choose a template and click Select.
	Create a new document and then apply a template to it by dragging a template from the Template palette.

To apply a template to an existing document, do one of the following:

	Choose Modify > Templates > Apply Template to Page. Choose a template from the list and click Select.
	Drag the template from the Template palette to the Document window.
	Select the template in the Template palette and click Apply to Page.
	When you apply a template to an existing document, the content in the template is added to the document.
	If the document already has a template applied to it, Dreamweaver attempts to match editable regions that have the same name in both templates and to insert the content from the editable regions into the editable regions in the new template.
	If there are nonmatching editable regions, or if an editable region in the previous template doesn't have a corresponding region in the new template, a dialog box appears prompting you to delete the extraneous regions or transfer them to the new template. If there are more editable regions in the new template, they will appear in the documents as placeholder content.