Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Since we launched the public template gallery last year for Google Docs, people who use Google Apps have been asking if they could have their own template galleries to share templates (everything from branded presentation designs to document letterhead to spreadsheet templates) with their co-workers.Today, we've enabled these template galleries for Google Apps Premier and Education Edition customers. Anyone in your domain can submit templates created in Google Docs to your organization's own gallery. These templates will not be visible outside of your company domain. Templates can be any of the four document types in Docs (documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and even forms). Other people you work with can preview, use (making a copy of that template as a new document in their own account), and rate your templates.
Just like in the public template gallery, you'll be able to sort and narrow the templates by usage, rating, and document type. Administrators can also create categories of templates for the domain (for example: by function, region, or department) to keep templates organized.
Within Google, the most popular templates have been technical design documents and Google-branded presentation layouts. Teachers might share templates with other teachers in their school or district. For example, a teacher might submit a "Getting to Know You" form to send to students when school starts next year, and other teachers could use the template and customize it for their own classroom. Non-profits could create grant proposal templates that would give their employees a common starting point for proposals.
To submit a template, follow these steps:
- Go to Google Docs from within your Google Apps account
- Click New > From template to view your company's private gallery
- On the upper right-hand side, click the "Submit a template" link
Posted by Valerie Blechar, Software Engineer, Google Apps team
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8 comments:
Templates don't work for me. See the message:
"An unknown error occurred while trying to create the template. Please try again."
Again, again and again... :-(
i am waiting for Google Wave
Will this ever be in Standard Edition? I have been waiting for the feature. I oversee a non profit and this would help us so much.
Thanks.
this is an awesome feature. Will it ever be in Standard Edition? For our non profit this would be an amazing feature to have. I have been waiting for this feature and would love to know if it will make its way to Standard Edition.
Thank you.
Any chance you could make this available for free accounts too? Plus it should be possible to share the templates with specific people outside your domain (in the same way as shared calendars).
That is fabulous. Thank you.
This has added value for us non-English app-users, as we can create and share internally templates in our native language while waiting for other languages in the public gallery.
AWESOME
I was waiting for this. MS Office has nothing on you!
That estimable contributor to the Google Docs forum, Ahab, solved the 'public template' problem for me. Search the forum for 'project management in google docs' to find his solution. It's in the spreadsheets, tips & tricks section. I have since added that template using the 'submit a template' option, so that one should be covered, but Ahab's solution could work very well in that you can email a link to interested parties.
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