Opening a Template

Templates are used to define how a document and the Word interface should look. To open a template file, follow these steps:

1. Choose Open from the File menu, or click on the Open tool on the toolbar. You will see the Open File dialog box.
2. At the bottom of the dialog box you can specify the type of files you want Word to list. Using the Files of Type drop-down list, select Document Templates.
3. Using the controls in the dialog box, browse through directories and disks drives as desired, until the desired template files are listed.
4. Select the desired document template.
5. Click on the Open button.

You can now make changes in the template, just as you would in any other document. When you save the changes, they are available the next time you create a document based on the template.