The Microsoft Office suite has established itself as the benchmark standard for office (software) suites that is used in businesses, government entities, educational institutions and homes around the world. If you are someone who uses Microsoft Office, then you have to know about the wide array of “Free” templates that is available for download from Microsoft. If not, you do not know what you are missing. I have been following the template’s list, for years, and it continues to grow and improve. I have personally used some of these templates and have found that they can save you a considerable amount of time, depending on what you are looking for. All of templates can be edited, meaning once you download a template, you can change whatever you desire, to meet your project needs. Reflected below is a sampling of the template categories that are currently available at Microsoft Online. Click on any of the categories below and you will be delivered to that category at the Microsoft Online website.
Main Categories
Agendas Award certificates Brochures
Budgets Business cards Calendars
Content slides Contracts Databases
Design slides Diagrams Envelopes
Forms Gift certificates Greeting cards
Inventories Invitations Invoices
Labels Letters Lists
Plans Planners Postcards
Presentations Purchase orders Receipts
Reports Resumes and CVs Schedules
Statements Stationery Time sheets
More categories
Address books Advertisements Analysis worksheets
Announcements Applications Balance sheets
Binder inserts Bookmarks Books
Bylaws, policies, and rules Calculators
Estimates Evaluations Flash cards
Forecasts Games Identification cards
Instructions Itineraries Job descriptions
Maps Math and science tables Menus
Name and place cards Note cards
OneNote notebooks OneNote pages
Petitions Photo albums Posters
Press releases Programs Proposals
Scorecards Sign-in and sign-up sheets
Signs SmartArt Graphics Stickers
Web pages Wills With compliments cards
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October 27, 2008 at 1:09 pm |
Thank you for the excellent reminder of this very useful, and extremely over-looked, feature (service?) offered by Microsoft.
Templates are not only time-savers, but can add a “professional” look to your documents.
October 27, 2008 at 1:26 pm |
TechPaul,
Thanks for visiting… You are right about this being overlooked. I actually got the idea to do a post on this as a result of recently going to the site to look for a template. It saved me alot of timel.
November 25, 2009 at 8:07 pm |
Hey Rick,
I’d like to download this great freebie but it seems like a Giga!
I wonder, how much space it will require?
November 25, 2009 at 11:10 pm |
Pochp,
The templates are individual files and are not in a batch download. For example if you needed a template for a calendar, you can select which calendar template you would need or want. In other words, you pick and choose. Keep in mind you must have Microsoft Office (e.g. MS-Word, Powerpoint, Excel) to use the templates.
Rick