TOPIC: Custom Templates

Lots of home inspectors have expressed an interest in sharing the templates they have worked on as well as discussing ways to create better ones. I've seen home inspectors create templates in 4 different languages, English, Spanish, French and Italian, as well as templates for 10 different countries. Obviously there is a lot of variation out there.

Home Inspector Pro is also being used for lots of different types of inspections and have created templates to reflect that. I've seen templates for single family homes, condo's, mobile homes, boats, commercial buildings, apartment complexes, EIFS inspections, commercial a/c systems, college campuses and more.

What have you done? What are you trying to do, share you info! You can attach your tpz file if you want to share your template, or even a pdf to show what your report looks like.

I'm game . . .
However, I'm more interested in SWAPPING templates  with other folks who have completed versions, than just giving away a week's work!

Email me if you're interested - I don't do PM's . . .

Russ

Yup, makes sense. I can see a lot of swapping of templates going on as well  ;D

How do you go about swapping templates. Do you simply click on a file and add it to this forum or what ?

Hi John,

First, use the normal reply button option not the quick reply at the bottom of a post.
Click on Additional Options
Click Browse next to the Attach window
Browse to your template which is a .tpz file. If you're on windows it will usually be stored in C:\Program Files\Home Inspector Pro\Data
I'm going to have an export feature added soon that will bundle the documents with the template for easier distribution. Right now you'd need to attach the documents as well (which are in the \Data\Documents folder).

You can also just attach a recent pdf which will show the layout you're working on.

Are the templates cross compatible. Could I (mac user) take a windows made template and use it?