Squirrelly,

The following is from Word Help:

To base a template on an existing document

On the File menu, click Open.

Open the document you want.

On the File menu, click Save As.

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.

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 within the Templates folder.

In the File name box, type a name for the new template, and then click Save.

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.

Make the changes you want to the margin settings, page size and orientation, styles, and other formats.

On the Standard toolbar, click Save , and then click Close on the File menu.

Dear Denny,

I just read your post.  I haven't yet had time to try it, but it sounds--reads--very clearly. Thank you so much for your response.  Once I've tried it, I will let you know how it went.  As briefly as my inately wordy self can.

Thank you,

Squirrelly

Dear Denny:

I still haven't had time to try your instructions on templates--but I was just rereading them and I realize they raise another question for me.  What is a subfolder and how does one work?  I've seen this option pop up often and often thought it could be very useful to me--but I have no idea how to use the feature or what its attributes are.  Sorry to be such a computer "Dummy."  I feel like a kindergartener all over again.  (Which is awfully funny when you know that I went to kindergarten twice--through no fault of my own!)

Thanks,

Squirrelly

A subfolder is simply a folder which is inside another folder.

For example, you will have a folder in C:\ called Program Files. Inside that are lots of subfolders, each relating to some software. These subfolders may themselves contain more subfolders...

If you want to keep your own templates in their own subfolder within the default template folder, in the save as box, click the create new folder icon (a folder with a star on top right) in the box that opens type in the name you want to call the folder (for example, my templates); the save as now opens in that subfolder and you can save your template in it. 

Message Edited by JRosenfeld on 12-16-2005 06:42 PM

Dear Denny

I finally got around to applying your instructions for creating a template.  I followed them with no trouble.  But now, after closing down WORD, and then trying to get to the newly created template, I can't find the darn thing!  Sorry to be so stupid.  How do I find the template I created?

Squirrelly

In Word, click File, new (or click the New icon). This will open the New Document side window; in the section 'new from template', it may list some recently used templates, if the one you want is there click on it, otherwise click on General templates, which opens a window with all the available templates (including the ones installed with Word and any you created); there are various tabs, you may need to look through these, depending on what folder you saved your template in. Then when you find the one you want click on it to highlight it; make sure at bottom right 'create new document' is selected, click OK. A new document based on your template will open. You can close the side window (x in top right corner) if you don't need it further.

Dear JRosenfeld.

Thank you for your answer.  I do believe I've got it now.

Squirrelly