Thinking about it, you can easily think of other advantages as well. For example, a template can store reusable blocks of text, called Building Blocks in Word 2007/2010 (previously called AutoText, which is now a subcategory of Building Blocks). Documents being used as template can't store these items.

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Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
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What are those?

Building Blocks can contain anything that a Word document can contain: text, graphics, tables, text boxes, and so on. They let you reuse specific content.

For an introduction, see http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...442.aspx?CTT=1.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP

Microsoft 365 apps for business
Windows 11 Professional