Create new document template sharepoint 2010

Asked by:. Archived Forums. SharePoint - General Discussions and Questions. Use this forum to discuss general topics for SharePoint Sign in to vote. How can we add the missing default Document Templates back to this drop down? SharePoint version: Friday, June 14, PM. Thanks, Amit. Saturday, June 15, PM. Thanks Amit, I tried this with no luck. Monday, June 17, PM. Hi Rob, I've the same problem, have u find any solution? Tuesday, June 18, PM. No luck yet. Thursday, June 20, PM.

Oh boy, so it wasn't just me.. I had the same issue and my fix was I had to add the templates again.. Colin Colin 4, 16 16 silver badges 26 26 bronze badges. No problem, glad i could help! What if you don't have a template associated with a content type and just want to create a new blank document?

Try something like that - to create your word file. Application ; Word. Below is a codesnippet to add predefined content in the word document Create memStream,WordprocessingDocumentType. Add fileName, memoryStream, true ; file. Sven Gillis Sven Gillis 1, 12 12 silver badges 20 20 bronze badges. I had to had some ref to the calls to Add and SaveAs in order to allow the reflection to make the file compilers.

But it didn't worked in my case. My workflow stops with a "Error Occured". Perhaps the problem is in my document library. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. If your site is a part of a Microsoft subscription, at this point, you may be prompted to enter your Microsoft subscription username and password. Document library The template opens in an app that is compatible with SharePoint and that is associated with the file type of the current template.

For example, Word opens if the default template is a Word template, or Excel opens if the default template is an Excel worksheet. Note: If people on your site already filled-out forms that were based on the original template, consider how any changes to the template may affect those forms. For example, adding a field that users are required to fill out may cause errors to appear in the original forms that were filled out before the field was added.

Make the changes that you want, and then save the template. For SharePoint in Microsoft , save the template with a new filename. Close the program if you no longer need it open, or switch to your site. Note: For SharePoint in Microsoft , the custom template must have a different filename than the default.

Use the client's Save As feature to save the file to the Forms folder with a new filename. For example, for Word, don't use the default filename template.

Depending on your form design program, you may need to republish the template to the library on your site from your program. Create and save your custom template in a program that is compatible with SharePoint. Make note of its location, and then switch to SharePoint. Note: If the default document template is named anything other than template. Navigate to the site containing the library for which you want to specify a custom template. For this step, you must use Internet Explorer.

Important: If File Explorer does not open or you see an error message, you may have to add your site as a Trusted site in your browser settings. Select the Back button until you return to the library, and then select the Forms folder to open it. Right-click in a blank area in the folder window, and on the shortcut menu, select Paste. Find your document library under Contents , hover over the name, select the ellipses If you don't see these commands, you may be in classic SharePoint.

In that case, go to your document library, and on the ribbon, select the Library tab, and then select Library Settings. The location is the web address of the template on the site, relative to the name of the site.

For example, if your template is called Watermark. For example, if your template is called Orders. Note: If the settings in the Document Template box are not available, an administrator may have set up multiple content types. To see whether multiple content types are enabled, verify that Yes is selected under Allow management of content types?

If it is, you must edit the template for the content type. Depending on the file you have in a library, you might encounter one of the following situations:. Files compatible with SharePoint technologies For a user to create a file by using the New command in a document library, the file template must be created from a program that is compatible with SharePoint, such as Microsoft Office Word.

When you create a new file in a form library, the default program can be an XML-based form design program that is compatible with SharePoint, such as Microsoft InfoPath. Other program files For most other programs, you can still store and manage the file in the library. But instead of directly creating the file from the document library, you can create the file in your program and then upload it to the library later.

Blocked program files For security reasons, some program file types, such as. The site may be using too many resources and therefore the site template exceeds the 50 MB limit. You can see how much resources are being used in the Solutions Gallery where the site template was created. You may be able to reduce the site resources, and then save the site template again. If you are saving content with the site template, you may need to clear the Include Content check box.

Although you can increase the site template limit in SharePoint Server on premise by using a PowerShell command, this command is not available in SharePoint.

Be careful increasing the site template size in SharePoint Server on premise and moving it to SharePoint as it can prevent its use. For more information about using site templates on SharePoint Server, see Save, download, and upload a SharePoint site as a template. There are problems displaying data from a list that uses a lookup column. The Save site as template command is not supported and can cause problems on sites that use the SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure.

If your site has the publishing infrastructure enabled, you can't use the site template feature. For more information, see Enable publishing features and About publishing-enabled site templates. There are problems with the site templates after upgrading from SharePoint If you have custom site templates that you want to continue to use after your subscription has been upgraded to SharePoint , then you must recreate them before upgrading your site collection.

Otherwise, all new site templates will not work after you upgrade. To recreate the site template, create a new subsite based on the experience, customize it again to match the template that you had, and then save the customized subsite as a template. For the steps to recreate your custom site templates in SharePoint , see Upgrade site templates. Occasionally, you may need to dig deeper to unearth a problem with a site template. For example, you may have inherited the site template and do not know how it was created or what it contains.

Under the covers, a. This cab file contains a manifest file that defines elements in your site. If you are curious about the content, do the following:.

Double-click the file, select all the files displayed, right-click the selection, click Extract , locate a folder in the Select a Destination dialog box, and then click Extract. You can now see the Manifest.

If you chose to include the contents of the site when you created the site template, you can also see the content, such as document library files. Important: Do not unzip the original.

Creating sites from packages edited at this level can lead to instability in sites created from the template. Note: The Web Solution Package you create in a site template is a partial trust user solution that has the same declarative format as a full trust SharePoint solution. However, it does not support the full extent of feature element types that are supported by full trust solutions.

Create and use site templates in SharePoint Server versions. Here are the immediate benefits you get from saving a site as a template: Deploy solutions immediately Save and activate the template in the solutions gallery and let other employees create new sites from this template.

Navigate to the top-level site of your site collection. Click its name in the solutions gallery, and click Save. Follow these steps to create a simple subsite in SharePoint using your saved site template: Create a subsite Click Settings and then click Site Settings.

Click Sites and workspaces under Site Administration. Click Create in the Sites and Workspaces dialog. Under the Template Selection, click the Custom tab, and click your saved template. When you're done, click Create. Navigate to your Solution Gallery. Select a site template, and then do one of the following: Activate Makes the site template available for use when users create new sites through the Create dialog.