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Every week brings new jobs, emails, documents, and job lists. Just how much of this is totally different from the job you have done? Odds are, not much. A number of our day-to-day tasks are variants on something.
Don’t reinvent the wheel every single time you start something fresh. Use templates–standardized documents with formatting and text as starting point for new work. As soon as you save another version of the template add, remove, or change any data for that record that is unique, and you’ll have the new work.
Programs work everywhere: in word processors, spreadsheets, project management programs, survey platforms, and email. Here is how to automatically generate documents from a template — and the way to use templates from your favorite apps –so it’s possible to get your tasks quicker.
Programs take the time to build, and it’s easy to wonder whether they’re worth the investment. The answer: absolutely. Editing a template takes far less time than formatting something from scratch. It’s the distinction between retyping it, or copying and pasting some text.
That’s not the only benefit: Using a template means you’re less inclined to leave out crucial information, too. For example, if you want to send freelance writers a contributor agreement, changing a standard contract template (instead of writing a new contract every time) ensures you won’t depart out that crucial clause regarding owning the content as soon as you’ve paid for this.
Templates also guarantee consistency. Perhaps you send investors or clients regular job updates. With a template, you know the update will constantly have the formatting, layout, and general arrangement.
How to Create Great Templates
Not all templates are created equal–and a few things don’t require a template. Listed below are a few guidelines to follow.
First, templates should be comprehensive. So err on the side of adding instead of too little, it is easier to delete info than add it in.
Imagine you’re developing a template of your own resume. You would want to list details so you’ll have all the info you need to apply for any job.
You can always delete notes later on, but if it’s not in the template you may forget it at the final version.
Some applications will automatically fill in these variables for you (more on this in a bit). But should you need to fill in the data on your own, include some text that is simple and obvious to look for so it is possible to find text that needs to be changed without much effort.
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