Microsoft KB Archive/887299

= How to customize and save document templates in Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition and in Office v.X for Mac =

Article ID: 887299

Article Last Modified on 2/4/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office X for Mac Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to create and save customized templates in the products that are listed in the &quot;Applies To&quot; section.



Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition
To create and save a customized template in Office 2004 for Mac Standard Edition, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start the program that you want to use.
 * 2) Open the document template that you want. To do this, use one of the following methods:
 * 3) * Click File, click Project Gallery, click My Templates, click the template that you want, and then click Open.
 * 4) * Click File, click Open, click Applications, click Microsoft Office 2004, click Templates, click the template category that you want, click the type of template that you want, click the template that you want to customize, and then click Open.

Note You may be prompted to open the template in the program where it was created.
 * 1) Modify the template with the changes that you want.
 * 2) Click File, and then click Save As.
 * 3) Type a name for the file in the Save As box, click a location to save the file in the Where box, click a format for the file in the Format box, and then click Save.

If you choose to save the file as a Document Template, the file will appear in My Templates in the Project Gallery.

Microsoft Office v.X for Mac
To create and save a customized template in Office v.X for Mac, follow these steps:
 * 1) Start the program that you want to use.
 * 2) Open the document template that you want. To do this, use one of the following methods:
 * 3) * In the Project Gallery, expand a template category under Category, click the type of template that you want, click the template that you want to customize, and then click OK.
 * 4) * Click File, click Project Gallery, click My Templates, click the template that you want, and then click OK.
 * 5) * Click File, click Open, click Applications, click Microsoft Office X, click Templates, click the template category that you want, click the type of template that you want, click the template that you want to customize, and then click Open.

Note You may be prompted to open the template in the program where it was created.
 * 1) Modify the template with the changes that you want.
 * 2) Click File, and then click Save As.
 * 3) Type a name for the file in the Save As box, and then click a location to save the file in the Where box, and then click Save.

If you choose to save the file in My Templates, the file will appear in My Templates in the Project Gallery.

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