RE: Templates

Hello Zanna,

Hope you enjoyed your Microsoft 2010 Upgrade course with Best STL.

Thank you for your question regarding creating new temlates.

With either Word or PowerPoint you would first have to design the layout then save the result as a template.

Word - Start with the default template then create your own set of styles and if required create a custom Theme. Set out your layouts such as margin settings, headers and footers etc. Always test the template by adding text etc. to ensure everything is as you require. After this remove all test text items then from the backstage use Save As and ensure you select Word Template (*dotx) from the Save As Type drop down. Navigate to your shared drive and save in whichever folder contains your templates.

PowerPoint - As with Word, start with the default design then from the View ribbon select Slide Master in the Master Views group. Edit the slide master as required (top slide) then if necessary, make changes to the layout slides. Insert new layout slides if required and place whichever slide should be the default new slide layout into the third position from the top (just below the title slide.) Close the slide master.

After this you may wish to edit the themes from the Design ribbon and then add as many slides as needed to the presentation before saving as a template. Go to the backstage and choose Save As then ensure you select PowerPoint Template (*potx) from the Save As Type drop down. Navigate to your shared drive and save in whichever folder contains your templates.

I hope this resolves your question. If it has, please mark this question as resolved.

If you require further assistance, please reply to this post. Or perhaps you have another Microsoft Office question?

Have a great day.
Regards,

Rodney
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer