Hi



I work for a company where a number of people are required to produce documents for customers. These are made up of a number of elements. Heading hierarchies, general text, charts, character profiles (e.g. image, name, key attributes and text paragraphs), pictures, quotes.

Is there a way of setting up a document such that you could have the option to, for example drag and drop a 'character profile' template, in to a page.

Alternatively, can you set up different spreads within a single template so that you can mix page templates within a document?

We need a number of repeating elements but they are not always in all documents and could be any combination in any order. Am I asking top much of word?

Thanks in advance

Look into Building Blocks including Cover Pages and AutoText.
Automated Boilerplate Using Microsoft Word

Word does not really see or use "pages" as a unit.

• Moving/Reorganizing Pages in Microsoft Word
• Word Doesn't Know What a Page Is

Rather than "applying a template" consider simply creating Word templates for what you want to do and creating new documents or templates based on those templates. "Template" is a jargon term in Word with a very specific meaning.

When creating templates for others, pay attention to Styles, [Quick] Style Sets, and Themes. They can make your creations much more useful and flexible.

Thanks Charles. I'll take a look and see how I get on.
Thanks again