In Microsoft Word, templates are pre-designed documents that you or someone else (such as Microsoft) creates to use as a pattern for a project. The template could be for a business card, brochure, ...

With interactive documents, you can choose from a range of predefined options for data, instead of typing the data from scratch each time. If you write lots of letters to the same few correspondents, ...

A letterhead is a collection of text, images, and colors at the top of a letter that contains various details about who you are as a sender. In Microsoft Word, you can either create these using ...

Relying on one of Microsoft Word's included templates to get you up and running with document design can be a big time saver, as everything from dimensions to placeholder text is already done for you.