# Templates and starting points

> Start an Office file from a template on Office Home or the Templates page, and find the starter slides, diagrams, design sizes and artboards inside each app.

Source: https://plexiidesk.com/help/office-templates
Section: Office > Office basics
Plans: All plans
Updated: 2026-10-15

A template is a quick way to start a file of the right kind. PlexiiOffice has one starting point for each app, on Office Home and on its own **Templates** page. Inside the apps you will find more specific starting points, such as starter slides, diagram layouts, design sizes and artboard presets.

## Before you start

- **Plans.** Templates are on every plan.
- **To open Office Home,** click the **Apps** heading in the side menu.

## The templates in Office

Each template makes a new file in its app, named after the template:

| Template | Opens in |
| --- | --- |
| **Blank document** | PlexiDocs |
| **Blank spreadsheet** | PlexiSheets |
| **Blank presentation** | PlexiSlides |
| **Blank drawing** | PlexiDiagrams |
| **Blank design** | PlexiDesign |
| **Blank artwork** | PlexiDraw |

**Blank drawing** is a diagram. For freehand drawing and painting, choose **Blank artwork**.

## Start from a template on Office Home

1. Open Office Home.
2. Find **Start with a template**.
3. To see one app's templates, click **Docs**, **Sheets**, **Slides**, **Diagrams**, **Designs** or **Artwork** above the row. **All** shows them all again.
4. Click a template. The new file opens straight away.
5. Rename it by clicking its name in the header.

> **Tip:**
> Clicking an app under **PlexiiApps** in the side menu opens Office Home with **Start with a template** already narrowed to that app.

## Use the Templates page

1. On Office Home, click **Templates** in the row of buttons at the top. The heading changes to **PlexiOffice Templates**.
2. Each template is shown as a coloured card with its name and **Create** underneath.
3. Click a card to make the file and open it.

## Starting points inside each app

| App | Starting points | Learn more |
| --- | --- | --- |
| PlexiSlides | Add a slide from a gallery of starter slides, drawn in your deck's theme. | [Add, reorder and lay out slides](https://plexiidesk.com/help/slides-add-and-arrange-slides) |
| PlexiDiagrams | Begin from a ready-made layout, such as a flowchart or an org chart, or describe the diagram to AI. | [Start a diagram from a template or AI](https://plexiidesk.com/help/diagrams-templates-and-ai) |
| PlexiDesign | Pick a size for what you are making, such as a social post or a publication. | [Start a design at the right size](https://plexiidesk.com/help/design-start-a-design) |
| PlexiDraw | **File** > **New from preset** offers artboard sizes. | [Start an artwork and set up the artboard](https://plexiidesk.com/help/draw-start-artwork) |

For a first draft written for you, describe the file on the Documents page and choose **Create with AI**. See [The Documents page](https://plexiidesk.com/help/office-documents-page).

## Make your own starting point

To reuse a file you like as a starting point, open it and choose **File** > **Make a copy**, then change the copy. The original stays as it was.

Desks have templates of their own, which place a set of widgets on a new desk. See [Desk templates](https://plexiidesk.com/help/desk-templates).

## Common questions

**The template made a file called "Blank document". Can I change that?**
Yes. Click the name in the editor's header and type a new one, or choose **File** > **Rename**.

**Why does the Templates page look the same as the row on Office Home?**
They show the same templates. The page lays them out as a gallery; the row on Office Home can be narrowed by app.

## Related tasks

- [Create a document, sheet, deck, diagram, design or artwork](https://plexiidesk.com/help/office-create-files)
- [The Office Home page](https://plexiidesk.com/help/office-home)
- [Start a diagram from a template or AI](https://plexiidesk.com/help/diagrams-templates-and-ai)
- [Start a design at the right size](https://plexiidesk.com/help/design-start-a-design)
- [Desk templates](https://plexiidesk.com/help/desk-templates)