This is episode one of a short series on making Microsoft Office work harder for you. This episode deals with some simple template techniques, showing how templates can be used in Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint as well as Word. In the next episode we'll be looking at other important automation techniques and developing some of the ideas covered in this first episode. We've used a similar animation method to that used in the earlier 'Roadshow highlights' post. Just click on the video clip to play: