Google Docs / Google Docs Power User
Create custom templates for documents
To promote consistency across your documents, sheets and presentations, you can set up templates that anyone in the organisation can access as the starting point for their new documents. Templates can contain standard text, formatting and layouts.
Create a template
To create a template, you first need to create a document on which the template will be based. This can be a file you have imported into Google Drive, or created in Google Docs. Ensure that the document only contains the text, objects and formatting that you want to copy into each new document created from the template.
Use the App Launcher button to view the home page for Docs
Click on the Template Gallery link along the top of the screen
Click on your domain name to view your organisation's template gallery
Click on the Submit template button
Click on Select a document and locate the document you wish to submit as a template - click on Open to add the document
If you wish to keep the original document in your own My Drive, check the box to submit a copy of the file instead of the original
If you have chosen to create a copy of the document, enter a name for the template
Click on the Category drop-down list to choose a category for the template
Click on Submit
Once you have added a template to the gallery, you can click on the ellipses under the document tile to edit the template, update the template name or category, or remove the template from the gallery.
Create a document based on a template
To create a document based on a template:
From the Google Drive screen, click on the New button.
Choose Google Docs, then From a Template
Click on the template you wish to use:
Once the new document has been created, you can name the document by double-clicking on the document name and typing a new name.