{"id":40607,"date":"2024-10-17T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T13:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-use-appointment-templates\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T13:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T12:16:57","password":"","slug":"how-do-i-use-appointment-templates","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/how-do-i-use-appointment-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use appointment templates?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With ChurchTools, you can not only create individual appointments, meeting requests or recurring appointments, but also appointment templates. These can save you a lot of time when creating similar or irregularly recurring appointments and help you not to forget important information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Create appointment template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To create a new appointment template, proceed as if you were creating a new appointment.<br>You can find out how to create a new appointment <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/adding-appointments\/13-how-to-create-an-appointment\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"7510\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can of course save all appointment information in the template, but also sign up groups and events to be created or resources required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All this information is saved in an appointment template when you click on <em>Save appointment as template<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-966x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40679\" style=\"width:552px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-966x1024.png 966w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-768x814.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-360x382.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Create-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template.png 1426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment templates are saved per calendar. This means that, depending on which calendar you create a new appointment in later, you have different appointment templates to choose from, making it easier for you to keep track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Edit appointment templates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have already created an appointment template and would like to change it, select the template when creating a new appointment. Then make the changes to the template and click on <em>Save oppointment as template<\/em>. The original template will then be overwritten.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"963\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-963x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40682\" style=\"width:544px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-963x1024.png 963w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-768x817.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template-360x383.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Change-Appointment_Save-appointment-as-Template.png 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 963px) 100vw, 963px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also delete appointment templates that are no longer required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40685\" style=\"width:704px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template-360x175.png 360w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Calendar_Delete-Appointment-Template.png 1420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With ChurchTools, you can not only create individual appointments, meeting requests or recurring appointments, but also appointment templates. 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