Our teacher wont let us use templates? Are they problematic?

[Templatress]

Im a new student learning the Office systems.

Our teacher tells us not to use templates. Always start from scratch and
compose your own letter .

Anybody out there who has problems with templates or do they find them
reliable.

Its seems to me they would be a lot quicker.

Just throwing this out there to get some opionions - pro and/or con

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

They may be quicker but if you're learning the program, quicker is not the
best way. Another reason not to use templates is creativity. I work in an
office where we often get resumes. Care to guess how many of them are based
on templates I've seen in Word?

Dare to be different! Start from scratch.

 

[Greg]

Since your teacher is apparently trying to teach you to use Office
systems (that is an assumption based on what you say that you are
trying to learn), your teacher should at least strive to be technically
correct.

You can't use Word without using a template. Even if that template
doesn't contain any text.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Good point. Normal.dot *is* a template.

 

[Templatress]

How so?

 

[Templatress]

Huh?

Good point. Normal.dot *is* a template.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Since your teacher is apparently trying to teach you to use Office
systems (that is an assumption based on what you say that you are
trying to learn), your teacher should at least strive to be technically
correct.

You can't use Word without using a template. Even if that template
doesn't contain any text.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

My answer explained it. The fact that you didn't understand my response is
exactly why your teacher wants you to learn how to use Word from scratch.

<mom mode on>
Study hard - get good grades! And go to bed.
<mom mode off>

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Your default Blank Document is based on the Normal.dot template. See
“Normal.dot Template—Explainedâ€
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=151

Huh?

Good point. Normal.dot *is* a template.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Since your teacher is apparently trying to teach you to use Office
systems (that is an assumption based on what you say that you are
trying to learn), your teacher should at least strive to be technically
correct.

You can't use Word without using a template. Even if that template
doesn't contain any text.

 

[Greg Maxey]

Templatress,

Teachers like yours (the ones that don't know what they are talking about)
are the kind I really don't like.

You cannot create a document in Word without using a template. When you open
Word and you see that "Document 1 - Microsoft Word" up on the title bar,
that is "Document 1" based on a Word template named "Normal.dot."

Your teacher would probably be more effective at "learning" you ;-), if
he/she would learn you to create a custom template to meet your general or
specific requirements.

Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

 

[Shahnoor]

I have a host of templates I have created myself for the work I do and I find
them, as well as the excellent ones from the Microsoft site, invaluable.

I do agree with your teacher--it is important to learn the correct method
for formatting/setting up documents. Once this has been learned though, I
would encourage the use of templates.