AppleWorks comes with a variety of standard templates contained in Starting Points. If you have access to the Internet, you can also select from hundreds of Web-based templates. Templates have preset content and formatting, so you don't have to re-create standard documents, such as letterhead, memos, and presentations. You can also create your own templates.

To use a standard template:

1	If Starting Points is not open, choose Show Starting Points from the File menu.
2	Click the Templates tab in Starting Points and click to select a template.
3	Edit and add your own content.
	Tip: AppleWorks documents provided as template files may contain objects that are locked or grouped. (Locking and grouping keeps text and graphics in position and prevents accidental edits.) You may have to unlock or ungroup objects so you can move and edit them.
4	Save the document with a new name.

When you open a template, you are actually opening a copy of the template; the original template document remains unchanged.

To use a Web-based template:

1	If Starting Points is not open, choose Show Starting Points from the File menu.
2	Click the Web tab in Starting Points and then click Templates.
3	Use links on the AppleWorks Templates page to select a template.
4	Edit and add your own content.
	Tip: AppleWorks documents provided as template files may contain objects that are locked or grouped. (Locking and grouping keeps text and graphics in position and prevents accidental edits.) You may have to unlock or ungroup objects so you can move and edit them.
5	Save the document with a new name.

To use a specific template document each time you create a new document of a certain type, you can set up a default template for that document type.

	Customizing templates
	Creating your own templates