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Templates are the perfect tools to help you accomplish your document tasks more efficiently. It’s perfect when you perform certain documentation tasks such as weekly presentations, minutes of meetings, expense reports, etc. repeatedly. Simply tailor the templates with placeholders that suit your work needs and you’re ready to reuse them whenever you want, without having to start your documentation work from scratch.
Office.com has a number of Free Microsoft Office Templates that help you organize your work. Check out a few free sample templates from the Microsoft Office Template gallery. You can access and download them directly from the New section in the File tab on Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, or Word applications.
Download Free Microsoft Office Templates to Organize your Work
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Here are a few templates that you might find useful.
1. Small Business Calendar

This Excel 2010 calendar can be used for any year and is perfect for small business users although it can be customized for other users too!
2. Student Weekly Planning Calendar

This student calendar can be used for any year and features the monthly calendar view at the top with an Assignments section at the right and a weekly schedule at the bottom of the template. The 12 months of the year are available in individual tabs on the workbook.
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3. My College Budget

My college budgetThis template is great if you need to track your income and expenses. While the title may suggest it to be targeted towards college students, it can be customized for everyone's budget requirements. The total expenses and income are also displayed in a visually appealing graph for instant analysis.
4. Event Budget

This free office template helps you track the budgets for various events by displaying both estimated and actual expenses. There are also worksheets displaying income and profit and loss items.
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5. Service Invoice

Get this free service invoice template for serving your customers instantly.
6. To-Do List

This is a useful template if you manage multiple projects.You can add project information in Excel table columns, and view items that need your attention via charts. Other features of the template include built-in filtering controls, sorting or filter projects by their due dates, priority, and status.
7. House Cleaning Checklist

This template is a checklist of your household chores. It has columns for checking off tasks completed as well as for taking down specific notes. You can also include a column to assign tasks to your kids to engage them in doing some of the chores and marking them as done with weekly rewards for completion.
You can also checkout our template gallery for more free templates including the free Microsoft Word 2010 Meeting Agenda Template.
I can’t get your #7 Daily Chores link to work. Is there a way to get this?
Hi Danielle,
I have not been able to find that particular template in the MS library, although one of my readers insisted it is still available as an Excel template. Sadly I still haven’t been able to locate it. However, I am sending you a few alternatives, which I hope will be useful for you. Please check your Inbox.
Cheers,
Adeline