{"id":1497,"date":"2022-02-07T17:20:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/?page_id=1497"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:02:30","slug":"word-templates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/accessibility\/create-accessible-content\/create-accessible-content-documents\/accessible-word-documents\/word-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Templates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Word Document Templates<\/h1>\n

Accessible templates using MCC brand colors are available in the following folder:\u00a0M:\\MCC\\Information\\PDF Remediation\\Web Team\\Word Templates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Adding MCC Templates to Word<\/h2>\n
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  1. Copy the templates from the M Drive to the following folder on your computer: C:\\Users\\[username]<\/em>\\Documents\\Custom Office Templates folder. (You may need to create this folder if it doesn’t already exist.)\n\n
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    • Replace “[username]<\/em>” with your name, such as “jsmith”.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
    • After copying the templates, open Microsoft Word. If you don\u2019t see a Personal option link when choosing a template for a New document, the file location on the computer isn\u2019t mapped. To map the location:\n\n
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      1. Go to File > Options > Save<\/li>\n\t
      2. In the “Default personal templates location,” enter “C:\\Users\\[username]<\/em>\\Documents\\Custom Office Templates\\”. (You can copy this path from Windows Explorer by opening the folder and copying the address in the field above the file list.)<\/li>\n\t
      3. Click “OK” to save your changes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\t
      4. Select one of the MCC templates to create your new document.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Adding Templates to Existing Documents<\/h2>\n

        If you already started a document or are updating an existing document, you can still apply one of the MCC templates.<\/p>\n

        Add the Developer Tab to the Top Ribbon<\/h3>\n

        If you do not see the developer tab in the top ribbon, it can easily be added.<\/p>\n

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        1. Go to File > Options.<\/li>\n\t
        2. Select Customize Ribbon.<\/li>\n\t
        3. Under Main Tabs, select the Developer checkbox, and then choose OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Adding a Template to Existing Documents<\/h3>\n
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          1. Open the Word Document you’d like to update.<\/li>\n\t
          2. Go to the Developer tab.<\/li>\n\t
          3. Choose Document template > Attach.<\/li>\n\t
          4. Browse to the Custom Office Templates directory, choose a template, and select Open.<\/li>\n\t
          5. Check “Automatically update document styles” to apply the template styles to your existing content.<\/li>\n\t
          6. Click OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Clearing Content Styles<\/h3>\n

            Does your existing document not look quite right? Did the new styles only apply to some of the content? You can either select sections or select all and clear formatting.<\/p>\n

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            1. Highlight a section or select all (CTRL + A) of the content.<\/li>\n\t
            2. Go to the Home tab in the tool ribbon and expand the Styles menu.<\/li>\n\t
            3. Choose Clear Formatting at the bottom of the menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Also, when pasting from another source, choosing Merge Formatting in the Paste options should properly style the pasted copy from another document, if there is a matching style name in the menu.<\/p>\n

              Applying Styles<\/h2>\n

              As you create and edit your document, use the Styles menu to format your text for everything from headings to bulleted lists.<\/p>\n

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              1. To apply a style to content, select the desired text.<\/li>\n\t
              2. From the Home tab in the tool ribbon, expand the Styles menu.<\/li>\n\t
              3. Select the desired style from the menu.<\/li>\n<\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Word Document Templates Accessible templates using MCC brand colors are available in the following folder:\u00a0M:\\MCC\\Information\\PDF Remediation\\Web Team\\Word Templates. Adding MCC Templates to Word Copy the templates from the M Drive to the following folder on your computer: C:\\Users\\[username]\\Documents\\Custom Office Templates folder. (You may need to create this folder if it doesn’t already exist.) Replace “[username]” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":0,"parent":1426,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1497","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2204,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1497\/revisions\/2204"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/web-standards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}