Instead of starting from scratch, Google Docs now offers a wide range of document, spreadsheet and presentation templates that you can use to quickly get started on new projects.

Editions impacted:
Standard, Premier, Education, Team and Partner Editions

Languages impacted:
US English

How to access what's new:
Sign in to Google Docs, click 'New' and then click 'From template...' to access the template gallery.

For more information:
http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/users/dands.html