If someone asked you to add a conditional header or footer to a document in Microsoft Word, would you panic? Some users might because the interface offers no such option.

The default document settings in Word 2010 create documents with the necessary margins and justification, but you have to do a bit more formatting to create a document with full block configuration.

If you keep creating documents with the same structure and similar content, then you should be using a template to save time – Here's how on Microsoft Word.