# Quote templates

> Templates are ready-made quotes you start from. Learn how the default template works and how to start a quote from any template.

A template is a complete quote without a customer: introduction, items, terms, notes, payment milestones and settings. Starting from a template saves you rebuilding the same structure each time.

Templates live in the library: go to [**Library → Quote templates**](https://app.quoterium.com/library/templates). Each card shows the template's name, title, when it was last updated and by whom, and its total.

## The default template

One template is marked **Default template**. It is used when you start a quote without choosing one, for example with **New quote** on a client's page. Every new organisation starts with a default template called "Standard quote", with an introduction and an example item for you to replace.

To make another template the default, open its **⋯** menu and choose **Set as default**. The default template can't be deleted; make another one the default first.

## Start a quote from a template

- Choose **New quote** at the top of any page. The dialog lists **Empty quote** and every template, with the default one marked; pick one.
- Or open the template's **⋯** menu and choose **New quote from this template**.

The new quote gets its own copy of everything in the template. Changing the template later doesn't affect quotes already created from it, and changing the quote doesn't affect the template.

An **Empty quote** uses the default text, payment terms and milestones from [**Settings → Quote defaults**](https://app.quoterium.com/settings/quote-defaults) instead. See [Quote defaults](https://quoterium.com/help/team-and-settings/quote-defaults).

## Managing templates

The **⋯** menu on each card also has **Open in editor**, **Duplicate** and **Delete**. Deleting a template doesn't affect quotes created from it.

## Next steps

- [Create and edit templates](https://quoterium.com/help/library-and-templates/create-and-edit-templates)
- [Template components](https://quoterium.com/help/library-and-templates/template-components)
- [Smart tags](https://quoterium.com/help/writing-quotes/smart-tags-and-placeholders) for the parts that change on every quote

Source: https://quoterium.com/help/library-and-templates/templates