With the holidays fast approaching, many of you are tasked with creating a variety of holiday documentation including party flyers, party menus, writing gift tags, creating holiday gift lists, Christmas card lists and more. The good news is that Microsoft has many free holiday templates all ready for you to use that will help make your job so much easier.
One easy way to find the exact holiday template you are looking for is to go directly to template.office.com where you will find thumbnails and direct links to all the featured categories and events and occasions. On this page, you can also search by application (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) or go directly to the type of templates you are looking for by browsing through their extended list.
Once you locate the category you are searching for, just click the category and you will be taken to a page full of related templates for that category. In the example below, I selected the Christmas category as I want to make a holiday party flyer.
Browse through the available templates until you find the exact template you are looking for. Once you locate your template, click on the template and you will be taken to a download page where you can download your template to your office application. Note: Right next to the template name, you will see what application the template supports (Word, PowerPoint or Excel). In the following example, I chose a Microsoft Word Holiday Party Invitation as want to modify my template in Word.
On the download page, click the download button and your application will be downloaded directly to your computer.
Once downloaded, click on the template to open it and it will open in the Office application. If necessary, click the Enable Editing button at the top of the page so you can modify your template. To modify the template and add your own text, just select the text you want to change and type in your own information. Once completed, save the template to your computer drive or to the cloud and it will be ready for printing and distribution. Happy Holidays!