MS+Office+Templates

MS Office's website offers a substantial feature with many, many Word, Excel, and PowerPoint templates. The MS Office template feature is extremely useful when you can not create a template from scratch. Following is the MS Office Template website: [] Once you're at the above website, in the Templates-Search Templates field, type in a key word for the template you're searching for. I have used this MS Office Templates feature to search for many different types of templates. In one case, I was looking for a Medical Bill Tracker form to track my personal medical bills. I typed in the Templates Search field “Medical Bill Tracker.” When I got back the results, I used the first result for a Medical Bill Tracker Excel form to track my personal BC/BS statements and doctor's payments. Once I receive my BC/BS statements, I enter the date of service, the patient’s (one of my family members), the doctor or medical facility's name, and amount due from patient. I do not track what BC/BS paid to the doctors. I only track what I have to pay out of my pocket.

When I receive an invoice with the amount due from a doctor, I write out a check and log in the form the amount paid and the check number. I also log any receipts for prescriptions or additional visits to doctors that may not be covered by BC/BS, i.e., eye doctor and dentist appointments. This form is also extremely helpful at tax time. Since my husband is self-employed, any medical expenses over $3,500 for the year can be written off on our taxes.

Other examples of templates I have used from the MS Office website include birthday announcements and birthday party invitations. I used one of the Word birthday party invitations for my daughter’s birthday party. It saved me time and money because I didn’t have to run out the stationary store and didn’t have to spend any money purchasing pre-made invitations. After downloading the MS Office Word birthday party invitation, I filled in my party details, printed it on my color printer, folded it, and stuffed it in envelopes that I already had at home.

So, as you can see, the MS Office Templates feature can save you a whole lot of time and money. I hope you find this information useful in the future.