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Free newsletter template for Google Docs

A company or community newsletter with masthead, lead story, short items and an events list, generated per issue from your content calendar.

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Free to copy, no sign-up: the file opens in your own Google Drive. Updated November 13, 2026.

The actual template Free newsletter template for Google Docs: preview of the first page

What’s in the newsletter template

Every block has a placeholder showing where your details go. Type over them by hand, or bind each one to a field in your data and let it fill itself.

  • Masthead with issue number and date {{issue.number}} · {{issue.date}}
  • Lead story with headline and image {{lead.headline}}
  • Short items, one block per story loop: {{stories}}
  • Upcoming events list loop: {{events}}
  • Footer with contact and unsubscribe note {{company.contact}}

How to use this newsletter template in Google Docs

  1. 01

    Copy the template to your Google Drive

    Press "Copy to my Google Docs". Google asks to make a copy, and the copy is yours to edit; the original is never changed. All you need is a free Google account.

  2. 02

    Replace the placeholders with your details

    Text in double braces, like {{issue.number}}, marks where your own values go. Work down the page: masthead with issue number and date; lead story with headline and image; short items, one block per story, and so on.

  3. 03

    Make it match your brand

    Swap the logo, colours and fonts in Google Docs as you would in any document. The layout is built to hold when the text changes.

  4. 04

    Download it as a PDF, or share the link

    File, then Download, then PDF Document gives you a file to send or print. Download as Word (.docx) works too if someone needs it.

  5. 05

    Making these regularly? Fill it from your data

    Connect Airtable, Google Sheets or a CSV to SourceToDocs and it fills a copy of this template for every row, so you stop retyping.

A newsletter is a document whose length nobody can predict a month ahead. That is the case for Google Docs: the lead story takes the space it needs, the short items repeat for however many there are, and the pages break by themselves. The template fixes the shape of an issue; the content table fills it.

Writers fill rows, the issue assembles itself

Keep a stories table with one row per item, an issue field, a headline, a body and an image. On the issue date, generate: the lead is the row marked lead, the rest loop in order. The events list comes from the events table filtered to the next month.

Fill this newsletter template from Airtable, Google Sheets or a CSV

Connect an Airtable base, a Google Sheets spreadsheet or a CSV file, map each field to a placeholder, and generate. One run can produce a single document or one per matching row, delivered to your Google Drive.

Business documents: A company or community newsletter with masthead, lead story, short items and an events list, generated per issue from your content calendar.

Issues · Airtable

IssueDateStories
#42Nov 20265
#41Oct 20264
#40Sep 20266

Template: Google Slides or Docs

{{issue.number}}

{{issue.date}}

{{lead.headline}}

loop: {{stories}} → block

loop: {{events}} → row

one issue per record; stories and events repeat from linked tables

Generated output

DocsPDF

Issue #42

November 2026

Lead story

5 short items

3 upcoming events

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Who uses this newsletter template

Internal comms and HR

A monthly company newsletter assembled from the items teams submit to one table.

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Schools, clubs and associations

The term or monthly newsletter from the events and announcements list.

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Customer marketing

A product update issue generated from the release notes table.

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Common questions, answered

Why Google Docs for a newsletter? +
Because the length varies every issue. Some months have three stories, some have eight. A Doc flows and breaks pages on its own; a slide would need manual re-layout every time.
Where do the stories come from? +
From a content table: one row per story with headline, body, image and issue. The template places the lead and loops the rest. Writers fill rows, nobody assembles the issue.
Can it be emailed? +
Export the PDF and attach it, or paste the Doc into your email tool. The template is for the document; delivery is whatever you already use.
Is this newsletter template free? +
Yes. Copy it to your own Google Drive at no cost and with no sign-up, then edit it like any Google Docs file. You only need SourceToDocs if you want it filled from your data automatically, and that has a free plan too.
Can I download this newsletter template as a PDF or Word file? +
Yes. Open your copy in Google Docs and choose File, Download. PDF Document gives a print-ready file; Microsoft Word (.docx) gives an editable one for people who do not use Google Docs.

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