


Top of Page Display the new template as a choice when creating new documents Note: You can create multiple and different templates of the same file type. This article is divided into the two steps necessary for creating and then adding content types to be used as templates for various file types within a Document Library. But what if you want to quickly add a Microsoft Excel worksheet, a Microsoft OneNote document, or a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to your Document Library? And what if you want each document type to follow a particular template so that all documents of a certain type are consistent? When you create a new document for any given document library, the default type of document template available to you is a Microsoft Word document. Save your customized library as a template What do you want to do?Ĭreate a content type for a document templateĭisplay the new template as a choice when creating new documents After the custom templates are added to a Document library, the library itself can be saved as a template used to produce specific types of documents for a specific group within your organization such as human resources, legal, or IT. You will find this information especially useful if you want to enable the consistent use of specific types of documents such as expense reports, event-specific branded PowerPoint slides, or trip reports. This article provides guidance on associating blank or custom templates to a Document library to enable users to easily create generic or highly customized Microsoft Office documents based on those templates.
