Creating a Public Template

Sometimes you use a document over and over again, changing very little of it, still at the same time changing some if it. Changing names, or adding personalized text; just enough to make seem less generic.

A template is an easy way to save time when working on a document in Google Docs. A template is a document that contains formatting and boilerplate text. All you need to do is add your content. You can reuse your template over and over. There are plenty of templates available for Google Docs. But if you can't find one that suits your needs, you can create your own.


First, you must create a document upon which to base your template. Include any formatting and text you would like to include in documents based on your template. Then, save the document as you normally would.

Select the document to use as a template in the Google Docs document list. Then click:

More actions > Submit to template gallery.

On the next screen, confirm that you have selected the correct document.

 

Enter a brief description of the template and then select a category from the dropdown list. You'll also want to specify a language. When you're done, click Submit Template.

When you submit a template to the template gallery, it is made publicly available to all Google Docs users. So, you should not include any sensitive information in your template.

If you want to create a template that isn't made public, things are a little more difficult. Save your template as a normal file. Then, create a copy of it when you want to create other documents based on it.

 

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:           Due: 01/08/16

 

Time to say THANK YOU! You will be creating a thank you card design that will become a public template. Your template will be designed in GOOGLE DOCs and will have two cards per page as well as an image and fields mark for text that should be replaced.

 

HERE is a PIC of MINE:

Notice that I have an image, several colors of text as well as sizes and fonts.

Oh, and what a lovely sentimental expression of my JOY in this season!

I marked the fields that the user can and should change by defining them and putting them inside of brackets to make them easy to find. So, all anybody would have to do is to create a new DOC and use this TEMPLATE--change a few words--and they have a wonderful Thank You Card!

Then once they are all created, the user would print them and then cut them in half to create a single card--so each page is really made up of TWO SEPERATE thank you cards to TWO SEPERATE people.

Here's directions on how I created my cards:

1. Started a new Google Doc
2. Gave Doc a Title "Christmas Thank You Card Template"
3. Changed margins all the way around the document to .5
   
    
4. Added a Table of 1 Column and 2 Rows--This is to help guide my design since I will repeat the design with one on the top and an other on the bottom
   
   
   
   
   
5. Completed design of card, being careful to use only half of the page: Added multi-color text, fonts, and margin boundaries.
6. Added Image--changed format to "WRAP TEXT" and "CROPPED" the image
7. Moved lines of second row of table to and copy and pasted first card into the second row
8. Adjusted  table so that both cards are centered, checked for errors
   
9. Created file as a template (see video below)

Here's a video on how you create the actual Template. Once you are able to create the template, use it to create at least two Thank You cards. Then POST one page of two CARDS to your BLOG: