When Might You Use A Template To Create A New Document?

Lesson 23: Using a Template

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Introduction

Lesson 23

A template is a predesigned document you can use to create documents rapidly without having to think about formatting. With a template, many of the larger document design decisions such as margin size, font fashion and size, and spacing are predetermined. In this lesson, you lot will learn how to create a new certificate with a template and insert text into it.

Creating a new document with a template

Templates tin can help you create a more than professional and visually appealing certificate. With Word's large option of templates, yous'll likely find 1 to suit your purpose—whether you're creating a business organisation card or a unproblematic honor certificate. To use templates, y'all'll need to know how to create a new document with a template and how to insert text into the template.

To insert a template:

Click the File tab to go to Backstage view.
Select New. The New Document pane appears.
Click Sample templates to choose a built-in template, or select an Office.com template category to download a template.
The New Document pane
Select the desired template, then click Create. A new certificate will announced using the template you have selected.
Selecting a template

Use caution when downloading Office.com templates. Some of them are uploaded by people non affiliated with Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee that these templates are costless from viruses or defects. For these templates, you'll encounter a alert message before downloading them.

Warning message for a non-Microsoft template

Entering data into a template

To insert text into a template:

Templates include placeholder text that is surrounded by brackets. To personalize your certificate, you'll demand to supervene upon the placeholder text with your own text.

Some templates but use regular text equally the placeholder text, rather than the traditional placeholder text with brackets. In these cases, delete the text and type in your own text.

Click the text you want to supervene upon. The text will appear highlighted, and a template tag volition appear.
Inserting text into a template
Enter some text. It will supervene upon the placeholder text.

For some fields, in that location's a driblet-downward arrow you lot tin can employ to select information rather than type it. For example, a date field will show a calendar and so you can choose the appointment more hands.

Selecting a date for a date field

To alter prefilled information:

In some templates, your name or initials will exist automatically added. This is known as prefilled data. If your proper name or initials are wrong, you'll demand to change them in Word Options.

Click the File tab to go to Backstage view.
Click the Options button. The Word Options dialog box appears.
Enter the user proper noun and/or initials in the Full general section, then click OK.
User name and initials

If you are using a public computer, such as i at a library, y'all may non want to change these settings.

Challenge!

Create a new document using a template.
Enter some text into the template.
Change the user proper noun and initials for your version of Word if yous are using a abode computer.
Save the certificate.

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