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title: Add Office Document Templates
slug: rm/add-office-document-templates
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createdAt: 2026-06-09T13:38:43.873Z
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To add an Office Document Template to your Blueprint instance:

1. In the Administration Portal, click **Advanced Settings** and then select **Templates** in the side panel.
   For information on how to access the Admin Portal, see [About the Administration Portal](docId\:aLbD8Z84lBz7JCfOAlGu5).

   ![](https://files.helpdocs.io/4rdnduk17o/articles/yz2ft47etg/1590619303084/access-templates.png)
2. Click **Add Office Document Template** at the top of the table on the Templates page.

   ![](https://files.helpdocs.io/4rdnduk17o/articles/yz2ft47etg/1590619317242/add-office-document-template-1.png)
3. Configure the settings for your new template by selecting the corresponding checkboxes or entering desired values in the following fields:
4. **Include Files** — If selected, the generated document is packaged in a .zip file with all associated documents and attachments in the artifact.
5. **Rich Text Formatting** — If selected, any rich text formatting in Blueprint is preserved in the generated document.

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1. **Font Size Scale** — Select the percentage you want to scale font size to within rich text fields in the generated document.
2. **Include Open Discussions** — If selected, open discussions are included in the generated document.
3. **Include Closed Discussions** — If selected, closed discussions are included in the generated document.
4. **Attach Source Data to Document Output** — If selected, the generated document is packaged in a .zip file with the project XML data that was used to generate the document.
   The project XML data can be useful if:
   - You want to author a template using data and image references from your project
   - You are debugging a problem with the template you are using
   - You want to provide Blueprint support with the project XML data that generated the template

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4\. Click **Upload**.

5. In the file browser displayed, locate and select the Office Document Template you want to add.
6. Select the **Prompt for User Input** checkbox if you want the User Inputs table content to be displayed to the user during document generation.
   For more information regarding user inputs, see [Add User Inputs to Office Document Templates](docId:1AoRuTyzLQsypod3kCahC).
7. Click **Save**.