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<h2>Benefits of using document templates in Microsoft Word 2007:</h2>

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 <li>Document templates can save you time! By establishing page settings, fonts, and any text that you use in many documents in one template, you save yourself from manually repeating these preferential settings each time you begin a new document.</li>

 <li>Document templates are handy if you co-teach a course and want any course documents to be formatted the same.</li>

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<h2>Creating a Document Template</h2>

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 <li>Open a new blank Microsoft Word 2010 document.</li>

 <li>Format your document with any settings you want to use each time you start a new document.</li>



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 <h2>Tip:</h2>

 <p>Ideas for formats include: font, margins, columns, headers, footers, tables, and signatures.</p>

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 <li>Go to the <i>File Tab</i> > <i>Save As</i>  to save your document as a template file.
<br><div class="photocenter"><img src="/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/Word/Images/2010-tem-1.png" alt=""></div></li>

 <li>From the <i>Save As</i> window, select <i>Document Template</i> in the <i>Save as Type</i> drop-down menu.

	<br><div class="photocenter"><img src="/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/Word/Images/2010-tem-2.png" alt=""></div></li>

 <li>Title your template and click <i>Save</i> when you are finished. The default file location is within <i>Word’s Templates</i> folder.</li>

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<h2>Starting a New Document from a Template</h2>

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 <li>Start up Microsoft Word on your PC by going to <i>Start</i> > <i>All Programs</i> > <i>Microsoft Office</i> and selecting <i>Microsoft Office Word 
	2010</i>.</li>

 <li>From the <i>File Tab</i>, select <i>New</i>.</li>

 <li>The <i>New Document</i> page appears.  Select <i>My templates...</i> under the <i>Templates</i> 
	section.

 	<br><div class="photocenter"><img src="/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/Word/Images/2010-tem-3.png" alt=""></div></li>

 <li>The <i>New</i> window appears. Select your template and <i>OK</i> when you are finished.

	<br><div class="photocenter"><img src="/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/Word/Images/2010-tem-4.png" width="582" height="373" alt=""></li>


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 <h2>Tip:</h2>

 <p>It is a good idea to save early and save often when working on files of any type, Microsoft Word included.</p>

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 <h2>Related Word 2010 Resources:</h2>

<ul>

 <li><a href="styles-2010.html">Using Styles</a></li>

 <li><a href="tables-2010.html">Using Tables</a></li>

 <li><a href="contents-2010.html">Creating a Table of Contents</a></li>

 <li><a href="bookmarks-2010.html">Creating and Using Bookmarks</a></li>

 <li><a href="watermarks-2010.html">Inserting Watermarks</a></li>

 <li><a href="hyperlinks-2010.html">Creating Hyperlinked Text</a></li>

 <li><a href="importing-2010.html">Importing Files in Other Formats</a></li>

 <li><a href="shortcuts-2010.html">Creating Symbol Shortcuts</a></li>

 <li><a href="comments-2010.html">Using Comments and Changes</a></li>

 <li><a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx">Interactive: Word 2003 to Word 2007 command reference guide</a> - This interactive guide allows the experienced Word 2003 user to locate what they are trying to do in the familiar Word 2003 environment.   It will then guide you where to find the same command in Word 2007.</li>

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