# Document templates are here

2020-08-13

Today we’re adding the much-requested ability to create team document templates in Outline.
Templates are a simple, but powerful way to keep your docs consistent and reliable. In 
the near future we’ll also publish recommended templates and make them easy to use from 
within your team.

### How to create a template

There are two ways to create a template:

1. Navigate to "Templates" in the left sidebar, then hit "New template…" in the top right, 
choose a collection and write your template.
2. Find an existing doc that you would like to create a template from, click on the overflow menu "..." (usually in the top right) and then "Create template…".

![Outline create template](https://www.getoutline.com/images/create-template.png)


Once you’re editing a template, simply highlight some text and click on the new "placeholder" icon in the toolbar to convert the text into a placeholder that can be filled out by anyone that creates a new doc from the template.


### How to use a template

Simply start a new doc, a "Templates" option will appear in the top right corner until the 
document is first saved.

![Outline use a template](https://www.getoutline.com/images/use-template.png)



### Other fixes and improvements

- Click on the last updated timestamp below the document title now opens the history sidebar.
- The behavior of the floating toolbar was improved.
- It is now possible to toggle the state of checkboxes without explicitly going into "Edit".
- When a document is publicly shared this is now denoted by a globe icon in the share button.
- Fixed some ugly styling issues introduced by the latest Chrome releases.
- Fixed an issue where after you have chosen a collection icon it might get reset if you continue to edit the collection name.
- Fixed a case where websocket connections would not reconnect automatically.
- Fixed an issue that would prevent editing the beginning of long collection descriptions.
- Fixed rendering of GitHub Gist embeds.
- Fixed an error that could on rare occasions cause the app to form a reload loop.