If you follow the same steps for every book, save them as a template. You'll see your templates under **Custom** when you create a new checklist.

## Save an existing checklist as a template

1. Open the checklist in **Launch Checklist**.
2. Click **Save as Template**.
3. Enter a name for the template and click **Next**.
4. Choose what happens to items you've already ticked:
   - **Keep completed items checked** keeps them ticked in new checklists made from this template.
   - **Start all items unchecked** starts every item fresh.

Your sections, their order, and all items are saved in the template.

## Build a template from scratch

1. Click **Templates** at the top of the page.
2. Click **New Template**.
3. Enter a **Template Name**.
4. Add sections:
   - Use **Add built-in section…** to add a standard section, such as **Editing** or **Launch**.
   - Click **+ New Section** to add a section with your own name.
5. Under each section, click **+ Add item** to add tasks.
6. Drag sections by their handle to reorder them.
7. Click **Create Template**.

To change a template later, open **Templates** and click the pencil icon (**Edit template**). To delete one, click the trash icon (**Delete template**). Changing or deleting a template doesn't affect checklists you've already made from it.

## Use your template

1. Click **+ New Checklist**.
2. Under **Checklist Type**, choose your template under **Custom**.
3. Fill in the rest and click **Create**.

## Save a single section for reuse

If one section is worth reusing on its own, such as your own "Audiobook" section:

1. Open a checklist that has the section.
2. Hover over the section's name and click the bookmark icon (**Save section as reusable template**).

The section now appears under **Add a section** on the right of every checklist. Click it to add a copy of its items. To remove a saved section, click the trash icon (**Remove saved template**) next to it. The ready-made sections can't be removed.