# Templates

A template is a reusable starting point. It helps your team make the same kind of form or document without rebuilding its structure each time.

## Choose the right starting point

Open Templates to see the available options. Before changing a shared template, check who owns it and whether a current job needs a one-off draft instead.

## Keep the master separate from the draft

A shared template is the approved master used again in future. A draft is one result made from it for a particular task, customer or response. Change a master only when the reusable structure should change for future work. Put job-specific facts, wording and review comments in the draft, so one job does not accidentally alter everyone’s next document.

Check the template’s required information before creating a draft. A template can support a consistent output, but it does not supply missing task facts or approve an issued document.

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List the available templates for [purpose]. Tell me which one fits and what information it needs before creating a draft.
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Show the difference between this shared template and the draft for [job]. Do not change either one.
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## Related help

- [Documents](/help/documents)
- [Branding](/help/branding)