Smarter templates

• What are templates?

  Every single Word document has a base, called a template.
  The document adopts margins, fonts and much more from the template, which is how recurring document issues are created by poor templates.

  Good templates ensure documents look professional and are easy to create and use.

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  However, many organisations have templates that at best don't meet their requirements, and at worst have inherent Word issues that produce unstable documents.

  Typically, we see templates that:

  ​are hard or impossible for employees to access

  ​have version control issues - different versions in use

  ​can't be updated

  ​have many types to update or maintain

  ​are only the default Word documents, not proper

  corporate templates

  ​are just "too hard" so employees fend for themselves by

  re-using documents as best they can.

• Why templates matter

  The quality of your documents depends on their template base. Quality templates help you easily create professional,

  stable documents. Additionally, professional corporate

  templates control company branding and consistency.

   

  Ad-hoc documents based on poor templates or Word default templates have many problems.

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  Such as:

  ​they look inconsistent

  ​they can contain information that is incorrect because it has
      been "left-over" from last time

  ​they take a long time to reproduce

  ​they contain errors, e.g. incorrect numbering or pretty bullets

   

  These problems undermine the authenticity of the document, both it's message and it's credibility.

   

  Consequences?

  Each document takes a long time to reproduce and amend, wasting time and needlessly creating issues. Most importantly, the effort put into creating a corporate identity for your organisation is lost.

How are AuthoDox templates different?

Three features of AuthoDox templates make them sought after: