Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Using Workgroup Templates

One of the best ways to keep your entire workgroup or organization in sync is to use workgroup templates, which are stored centrally on a network server. All your users can share access to these templates at the same time. Better yet, you can centrally update and manage workgroup templates—eliminating the need to provide individual copies of your critical templates to every user.

Here are some of the ways you can use workgroup templates:

• Centrally store AutoText boilerplates you want everyone to use

• Provide a library of standardized documents built around the needs of your department or company

• Update everyone's user interface at the same time

You create a workgroup template the same way you create any other template. You ...