How to Create a Reusable Template With Publisher

If you frequently create the same type of document in Microsoft Publisher -- for instance, a monthly newsletter -- then making a template you can use every month will save time. Any items that don't change could be included in the template, including the name of the publication and a brief description of the publication. Once a template is created, you can always make changes to meet varying needs by month.

Instructions

1. Open Publisher and create the layout that you would like to use for your template. Place blank picture boxes and text boxes in the document as placeholders you will fill with actual data when you use the template.

2. Fill in all text boxes that will remain the same for each publication -- for instance, publication name, updated date field and headlines for regular columns or articles.

3. Click on "File" and then "Save As" once the template is completed. Click the arrow next to the "Save As Type" box located directed under the "File Name" box. Click "Publisher Template." By default Publisher will store this template with the ones already provided by Publisher. The location is "C:\Documents and Settings\User Name\Application Data\Microsoft Templates." You can have it save the template wherever you want but then Microsoft Publisher won't automatically find it; you'll have to open it every time.

4. Type the name of the file in the "File Name" box. Click "Save."

References

• Microsoft Office: Create or Change a Template
• Burlington-Edison: Publisher 2007 Tutorial