How to Use Excel Templates

Using a template is about choosing the one that perfectly suit the purpose. If you for instance want to do event planning, pick the template that is for event planning. You will learn how to use a template.

Choose the one

Open Microsoft Excel and click on the “File” tab in the ribbon.

Select the template you want to use and click the “Create” button.

The template will open in a new Excel workbook, and you can start entering your own data.

choose template

Some templates may contain sample data that you can replace with your own. Be sure to follow the instructions provided in the template to use it correctly.

Once you’ve entered your data, you can save your new workbook as a regular Excel file by clicking the “Save As” button in the “File” tab and selecting the location where you want to save it.

Note: Think creatively, even if you think you don’t see any template that suit your needs. For example, you want to know how to plan for a project trip, you could choose the vacation planner.

Template formatting

Click create after reading what the template it about, to know if it suits your needs.

create template

Focus on the central details, and input your own values.

focus and input

Note: All you need to do is to find the data that controls the entire template, in this case the input (marked area) controls the whole chart details.

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Calendar Template

Let’s see how to add a calendar template as an example. There are different steps for creating it.

Click file, and then new.

Click Personal.

Calendar Template click personal

Browse through the templates and click on “one year calendar”.

Calendar Template one year calendar

Click Create.

Calendar Template create calendar

Click on the arrow until it reaches desired year, and when you’d prefer the week to start.

Calendar Template week start day

Note: The desired day that people normally choose for “week start day” is Sunday or Monday.

Inventory list template

Creating inventory tracking and management on Microsoft Excel is relatively easy. Tracking has multiple aspects in business. It could be about knowing where the product/equipment is in business, or if the products that have been shipped, have reached its destination or not.

Click File, and then click new.

inventory click new

Search for Inventory, and choose inventory list.

Excel choose inventory list

Click the “Create” button.

click create button inventory

How to use an Invoice Template in Excel?

The creation of an invoice template would be done in a few steps.

Select File, then New.

Search for Invoice, then choose an invoice template.

invoice template

Click create which is located on the right side.

invoice template click create

Excel offers several different kinds and types of invoice templates.