Google Docs offers various ways to create and use templates, including premade templates from the Template gallery, creating a new template with placeholders for text and images, and submitting a template through an organization's Google Workspace account. Individuals without a Google Workspace account can also utilize makeshift templates by saving a document as a unique title and making copies of it as needed. Additionally, Zapier can be used to automate the process of populating templates with data from other apps, such as spreadsheets or forms.