Google-docs – How sustainable is using a template for Google Docs

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I am thinking about using a template in Google Docs (flow chart, context diagram).
Now these templates are designed by private persons and I am asking how sustainable are these templates. I mean if I obtain one, will there be a risk, that after a year the template will not work anymore, because Google has changed something or thee user deleted the template ?

how sustainable is using a template for Google Docs ?

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If I used a template designed by someone else, the first thing I would do is make my own copy of the template (File > save a copy), and all my work would start from that.

There is always a risk with Google products that something will stop working. Especially so when clever people use scripting or otherwise bend the functionality beyond what was expected. But if only standard features are used, this is likely to be less of an issue.

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Google-docs – Using Google Docs in full screen mode without using file menu

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Google-docs – Specify a default document template in Google Docs

Create a template in the gallery/repository and select them as the basis when making a new document.

Create your document and lay out the elements on the page
Save this document under a name you can remember or sets it apart as a template.
Go to the menu: Create new > From template...
- You'll be taken to the Template Gallery
Select the "My Templates" tab
Click Submit a template
Select the document you just created as the template you want to use and share.

Next time you want to create a new document based on a template, you'll go back to the Template Gallery and select it from there.

To speed the last step for next time, note the URL that appears in your browser when you open up the template. It will look something like this:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/Awh01EbUNCh0fL3tter5/edit

Make a bookmark out of that. Next time you hit that address you'll load up the document. That's as default as you can get right now.

Keep in mind that while other people using Google Docs will also be able to use your template for their documents, they will not be able to edit it.

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