Under Templates, do one of the following:
To base the workbook on another workbook, click New from Existing, and then double-click the workbook that you want to use.Ĭlick the Microsoft Office Button, and then click New. To base the workbook on a template that you created, click My templates, and then on the Personal Templates tab, double-click the template that you want to use. To base the workbook on an installed template, click Sample templates and then double-click the template that you want to use.
To base the workbook on a recently used template, click Recent Templates, and then double-click the template that you want to use. Under Available Templates, do one of the following: In Microsoft Windows XP, the Templates folder is usually C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates. In Windows Vista, the Templates folder is usually C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates. Tip: You can copy any Excel workbook into the Templates folder, then you can use the workbook as a template without saving it in the template file format (.xltx or.