Feb 10, 2024
Creating and Adding New Table Templates
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Thanks, Alicia. Unfortunately, you can't create a custom template unless you have a paid Workspace business account. However, you can make a template by creating a new document and typing in what you want. Then give the document a title (for example, "Letter Template"), making sure to put the word Template at the end. Bookmark the page/document.
After the bookmark has been set up, edit the the bookmark's URL by doing the following:
- Delete /edit (make sure to include the slash) at the end of the URL.
- Replace it with /template/preview (again, make sure to include both of the slashes).
- Save the bookmark again.
- Refresh/reload the page and open the bookmark.
- You should now see a screen with a blue button on the right that reads: Use Template. Now, whenever you want to use the document, open the page and click Use Template.
Will that work for you?
Jo S.
Original Poster Alicia Clark 7767 marked this as an answer
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Do you have a paid Workspace (business or education/school) account or a free consumer (personal) account?
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Feb 10, 2024
Feb 10, 2024
Thanks, Alicia. Unfortunately, you can't create a custom template unless you have a paid Workspace business account. However, you can make a template by creating a new document and typing in what you want. Then give the document a title (for example, "Letter Template"), making sure to put the word Template at the end. Bookmark the page/document.
After the bookmark has been set up, edit the the bookmark's URL by doing the following:
- Delete /edit (make sure to include the slash) at the end of the URL.
- Replace it with /template/preview (again, make sure to include both of the slashes).
- Save the bookmark again.
- Refresh/reload the page and open the bookmark.
- You should now see a screen with a blue button on the right that reads: Use Template. Now, whenever you want to use the document, open the page and click Use Template.
Will that work for you?
Jo S.
Original Poster Alicia Clark 7767 marked this as an answer
Feb 10, 2024
I think the only ways to incorporate something as an element in each document is to either create a document with the element in it and copy/paste it into each new document or create a template document like we already discussed, which seems like the easiest route.
Now if you truly want every single document you create to have that element in it, you might be able to obtain this functionality using Google Apps Script.
Learn more about Google Apps Script for Google Docs here:
Get help with Google Apps Script in this community:
Jo S.