This term has multiple uses.

Template rules

A few standard flow, decision tree, flow action, harness, section, and activity rules are marked as templates, indicating only that they may be valuable sources that you can copy.

When completing the New dialog box, you can select a template rule to copy as a starting point for the new rule. This is equivalent of the Save As operation, but eliminated the need for you to locate the rule to copy from those on a long list.

The standard property Rule-.pyMethodStatus records this designation.

Correspondence templates and Word templates

Informally, a correspondence rule (Rule-Obj-Corr rule type) or a Word Template rule (Rule-Template-Word rule type) rule is sometimes called a "template".

Visio templates

Don't confuse template rules with Visio templates — Windows files with a VST file type.

SmartLayout templates

When creating a SmartLayout, choose a template to control the number of columns created: Single, Double or Triple.

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	About Correspondence rules Completing the new rule dialog box

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