Want to Solve the mystery of templates

Ancient Brit · 01-07-2006, 10:55 AM

I'm using MS Word (with XP Home) to write a novel.

The text of book so far, about ten chapters, is in a Main File with the margins, typeface etc, margins and header and footer.

Each day I write the next pages in a separate [b] Daily File [b] and, when I've done a chapter, drop that addition to the text into the Main File.

I'd like to turn the Main File into a template, and to create the Daily File as an exact duplicate of it. In this way there'll be no uniformity problems when I drop the new text into the Main File, such as odd paragraph indents, margins and all new chapters beginning on the same line on the page.

I've never found an explanation of how templates work and how to create them that I can comprehend! They're all incredibly complicated. Or maybe it's just senility. Anyway, it's driving me nuts.

Can anyone please point me in the right direction. Not even Dummies books do it for me, nor Microsoft's FAQs.

Thanks,

A. Brit

MoralTerror · 01-07-2006, 11:40 AM

Open the main file and click file > save as

From the save as type drop down menu select document template enter the file name you want and make sure your saving it in the right directory and click save.

Work on the template and to save your daily work click file > versions

On the new window click save now and enter info on the current state eg todays date. This will add any work you have done to the template and the template will now open up with the most current version.

To open older versions click file > versions highlight the version you wish to view and click open. The older version opens in a split screen with the current version.

Hope this helps

01-07-2006, 10:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ancient Brit Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upper West Side New York City Posts: 2 OS: XP home	Want to Solve the mystery of templates I'm using MS Word (with XP Home) to write a novel. The text of book so far, about ten chapters, is in a Main File with the margins, typeface etc, margins and header and footer. Each day I write the next pages in a separate [b] Daily File [b] and, when I've done a chapter, drop that addition to the text into the Main File. I'd like to turn the Main File into a template, and to create the Daily File as an exact duplicate of it. In this way there'll be no uniformity problems when I drop the new text into the Main File, such as odd paragraph indents, margins and all new chapters beginning on the same line on the page. I've never found an explanation of how templates work and how to create them that I can comprehend! They're all incredibly complicated. Or maybe it's just senility. Anyway, it's driving me nuts. Can anyone please point me in the right direction. Not even Dummies books do it for me, nor Microsoft's FAQs. Thanks, A. Brit Last edited by Ancient Brit; 01-07-2006 at 10:57 AM.

01-07-2006, 11:40 AM	#2 (permalink)
MoralTerror Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,968 OS: xp	Open the main file and click file > save as From the save as type drop down menu select document template enter the file name you want and make sure your saving it in the right directory and click save. Work on the template and to save your daily work click file > versions On the new window click save now and enter info on the current state eg todays date. This will add any work you have done to the template and the template will now open up with the most current version. To open older versions click file > versions highlight the version you wish to view and click open. The older version opens in a split screen with the current version. Hope this helps