It sounds as though you are opening your 'templates' each time, instead of
creating a new document based on a chosen template.
The easiest way to get where you want to be is to save each of your
'templates' as a Word template (.dot file) - by default they will be saved
in your user templates folder. To create a new document use File > New. This
will either open a dialog that allows you to pick a template directly, or it
will open the new document task pane - choose 'general templates' to see
dialog. When you choose the template, you will then get a new doucment (ou
will see 'Document 1 or similar in the title bar) which is a copy of the
saved template.
There is more to templates than this, and other ways to organize things
which may make it easier to pick the template you want, but this should get
you started.
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Christy said:
After doing a seach on "save as", it appears that my understanding of
"templates" is inaccurate. I have several documents that I would like to
preserve settings in (i.e. letterhead, memos, etc.), and would like Word to
prompt me to "save as" so that I don't lose the original settings when I
make changes-isn't that what a template is? Is it possible to set documents
to "save as" without having to go through the file menu(I often forget)?
