Works 6: How to Use a Common Style Among Many Users

When several users contribute to a common task, you may want all of them to use a common style. Microsoft Works Word Processor is capable of creating a template, and then each user can use the template to ensure that a common style of font, type size, type color, page border, and so on is used for the common task. The template may be saved to a removable medium such as a floppy disk and distributed to each of the users.

To create a template and save it to a floppy disk, follow these steps:

1. Start Works Word Processor.
2. Create a sample document that contains all the formatting and style content that you want.
3. Insert a floppy disk or another removable medium into the appropriate drive.
   
   NOTE: You can use this same procedure on a network drive if all of the users have access to it.
4. On the File menu, click Save As.
5. In the File name box, type a name for your template.
6. In the Save as type box, click Works Template(*.wpt).
7. In the Save in box, select the drive that you want (for example, 3 1/2 Floppy (A:)).
   
   TIP: To prevent your computer from changing the location of a file to be saved, always check the Save in box before clicking Save.
8. Click Save.

To open a template and create a document, follow these steps:

1. Start Works Word Processor.
2. On the File menu, click Open.
3. In the Look in box, select the drive that you want.
4. In the Files of type box, click Works Template(*wpt).
5. Select the file that you want.
6. Click Open.