NOTE: - Your booklet tells you that you can create a template either by saving a document as a template or by using File / OPen / then clicking on the radio button for template. That second choice is no longer available in Word 2003. So create your templates by saving a document as a template.
After you learn how to create a template, it's crucial to understand the difference between editing or opening a template in order to make changes to it (File / Open / Files of type: Document Templates (*.dot))
and opening a document based on a template (double-click on the .dot file).
- Online Resources
- tinyurl.com/i0th - Our tutorials for creating templates in Word 2000 are still good. There are no significant changes in Word 2003.
- Template Basics in Microsoft Word. Tutorial and links to all sorts of topics on Word templates.
- more advanced information on creating Word templates.
- VTC Online University -- Video tutorial (click on Creating Templates)
- bettersolutions.com -- advanced tutorial
- templates, forms and fields. Want even more info? This links to a 29-page tutorial, a Word document. It covers not only templates but also forms and fields, which we will study later.
