Answers.Body: <p>If you use that template when either sending an individual Mail or a CiviMailing you should have an option at the bottom to save as new template.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The best way I've found to do this is by copying the source code from your original.</p>
  
  <p>To do this, edit your 'master' template that you want to use as your base.  Go to the HTML Format section of your template and click the Source button in the Toolbar.  This changes your WYSIWYG template into HTML and CSS code that can be copied.</p>
  
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  <p>Select all of that code and copy it to the clipboard.  Go back to the template listing page, and add a new template.  In the HTML Format section of the new template, click the Source button.  Now paste your copied code into the HTML Format field.  Click Source one more time, and you've got your 'master' template copied into a new template. You can make any changes you would like without overriding the 'master'.</p>
  
  <p>You can use the same process on headers and footers as well.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have created a custom letter template in CiviCRM, with letterhead, footers, graphics  etc.  It is saved under an assigned name.  Now I want to use that template to create others for specific purposes, which will use the same basic format but differ slightly in detail.  </p>
  
  <p>How do I copy?   If I open the original and change it, it overwrites the template I'm trying to keep.</p>
  
Tags: <templates>
Title: How to copy an existing letter template?
ThreadText: # How to copy an existing letter template?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-24)
  
  I have created a custom letter template in CiviCRM, with letterhead, footers, graphics etc. It is saved under an assigned name. Now I want to use that template to create others for specific purposes, which will use the same basic format but differ slightly in detail.
  
  How do I copy? If I open the original and change it, it overwrites the template I'm trying to keep.
  
  **Tags:** templates
  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-25. Score: 4
  
  If you use that template when either sending an individual Mail or a CiviMailing you should have an option at the bottom to save as new template.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-25. Score: 2
  
  The best way I've found to do this is by copying the source code from your original.
  
  To do this, edit your 'master' template that you want to use as your base. Go to the HTML Format section of your template and click the Source button in the Toolbar. This changes your WYSIWYG template into HTML and CSS code that can be copied.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/R7Txx.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/R7Txx.png)
  
  Select all of that code and copy it to the clipboard. Go back to the template listing page, and add a new template. In the HTML Format section of the new template, click the Source button. Now paste your copied code into the HTML Format field. Click Source one more time, and you've got your 'master' template copied into a new template. You can make any changes you would like without overriding the 'master'.
  
  You can use the same process on headers and footers as well.
  
  
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