Recover your custom templates. Learn how to find your custom templates created with earlier versions of Office and access a custom templates location.

Learn how to load or unload templates or add-ins in Word to customize your documents. Templates can store styles, AutoText, macros, and more, while add-ins can extend Word's capabilities.

Learn how to customize the default file template for a SharePoint document or form library. Follow the steps to edit or copy a template file, and specify its location in the library settings.

Learn how to use a template to create a new or modify an existing PowerPoint presentation. Find out where to store and access personal and workgroup templates, and how to import slides from another file.

Learn how to update, customize, and protect templates in Word. Find out how to add building blocks, content controls, instructional text, and passwords to your templates.

Microsoft Designer is a graphic design tool that uses generative AI to create and edit images. Learn how to access, use, and share Designer across Microsoft apps and tools, and how to manage your personal data and files.

Learn how to customize the Normal.dotm template that opens whenever you start Microsoft Word. Find out how to access, edit, and save the template, and how to choose a different default template.

Learn how to create, save and share custom templates in Microsoft Whiteboard, a digital canvas for collaboration. Custom templates let you create and use layouts that suit your needs and preferences.

You can download free, pre-built document templates with useful and creative themes from Office when you click File > New in your Office app. Templates can include calendars, business cards, letters, cards, brochures, newsletters, resumes, cover letters, presentations, social media and much more.

Learn how to create a template by saving a document as a .dotx, .dot, or .dotm file in Word. Also, find out how to add content controls, instructional text, and protection to your template.