Editing a Template

A template is Word's guide for how your document and working environment should appear. Templates contain information on the toolbar, menus, macros, styles, default text, and any number of other environmental items. Editing a template is much like editing a regular document; the only difference is that the file is saved with a DOT filename extension (instead of DOC).

To load an existing template so you can edit it, do the following:

1. Choose Open from the File menu, or click on the Open tool on the toolbar. You will see the Open dialog box.
2. In the Files of Type pull-down list, select Document Template (*.dot). The filename display will be changed to show only template files.
3. Select the template file you want to edit.
4. Click on OK.