To display templates in the Word 2007 New Document pane, under My Templates To see if a document or template that you’ve already opened is read-only, check if (Read-Only) is appended to the title. Important If you decide to make changes to the template at a later time, remember to clear the read-only properties before you begin or Word will prompt you to save the file using a different file name. On the General tab next to Attributes, select the Read-only check box, and then click OK.Right-click the template file name, and then click Properties.If you don’t want someone else to make changes to a template, you can set the file properties to “read-only” by taking these steps: To prevent changes to a template (make it read-only) Note Double-clicking the template file will open a new document that is based on the template, and not the template itself, which is useful for testing purposes but to make changes to a template itself, follow the steps above. Right-click the template file name, and then click Open.Browse to the folder or location where the template is stored.After you create the template file, however, make sure you open the template-and not document based on the template-if you want to make changes to it. You can save a document as a template at any time and update the template whenever you like. Click the Save as type box and then select Word Template (or select Word Macro-Enabled Template if you have or plan to add macros to your template).Browse to the location where you want to save the template and then type a file name.Click the Microsoft Office button, and then click Save As.Open the document that you want to save as a template, or open a new document.To create a Word template, you need to save a document to one of the template file formats.

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