Building a template for starting projects quickly is a major time saver. The templates keep all non-MPP folders and tasks, Groups, Notifications, Views and Security. To use a template to create a project from the Project Center select Project…Create Projects…New from Template. From the Template List select the template to use. There can be templates for both MPP project and non-MPP projects. Select the plan Start Date, then either name your non-MPP plan or browse for a new MPP file if using Microsoft Project. Click OK and the non-MPP project is created automatically. If it is a MPP, Microsoft Project will be launched and the Publish will begin.