This is where Templates in Office apps can be your best friend.

The good thing there are several available for almost any situation you need.

There are several categories from Office.com you could choose from.

Beginner: Using Templates in MS Office 2010 & 2007

Browse through the large selection of categories and choose the one you need for your situation.

If you want to go with it, just click Download.

Word Templates

Sometimes you might need to create a Word document in a flash for the company.

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No worries, we can use a Template in Word as well.

If you gotta make a calendar quickly, there are plenty of Templates for it.

you’ve got the option to print out blank calendars or use them on your SharePoint site.

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Of course you could also make them in Outlook 2007 & 2010.

Open Outlook and start a new email.

Here we made an easy custom template showing user stats for the day and inserted a simple table.

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This will allow a user to easily enter in pertinent information for employees.

check that to include the email addresses of the people who need to see it each day.

After creating the custom template, press File then Save As.

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double-check to save it with the .oft extension.

Another cool trick is toprint out blank calendars in Outlook 2007.

Templates in PowerPoint

Sometimes you oughta create a quick presentation for the meeting.

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Once they’re saved, it’s possible for you to continue to build them over time.

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