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1. Do one of the following:

   To base a template on an existing document

   1. On the File menu, click Open.

   2. Open the document you want.

   To base a new template on an existing template

   1. On the File menu, click New.

   2. In the New Document task pane (task pane: A window within an Office program that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.), under Templates, click On my computer.

   3. Click a template that is similar to the one you want to create, click Template under Create New, and then click OK.

2. On the File menu, click Save As.
3. In the Save as type box, click Document Template. This file type will already be selected if you are saving a file that you created as a template (template: A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of finished files. For example, Word templates can shape a single document, and FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.).
4. 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 or create a new subfolder within the Templates folder.
5. In the File name box, type a name for the new template, and then click Save.
6. In the new template, add the text and graphics you want to appear in all new documents that you base on the template, and delete any items you don't want to appear.
7. Make the changes you want to the margin settings, page size and orientation, styles, and other formats.
8. On the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.), click Save , and then click Close on the File menu.

  Notes  

• For more templates and wizards, visit the Microsoft Office Online Web site.
• To make AutoText (AutoText: A storage location for text or graphics you want to use again, such as a standard contract clause or a long distribution list. Each selection of text or graphics is recorded as an AutoText entry and is assigned a unique name.) entries and macros (macro: An action or a set of actions that you can use to automate tasks. Macros are recorded in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language.) available only to documents based on this template, store them in this template, not in the Normal template (Normal template: A global template that you can use for any type of document. You can modify this template to change the default document formatting or content.).

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