Announcing new file template management for document library content types

Being new to Sharepoint and hoping to implement the system as a springboard to change the way people work with each other in my office, I'm really disappointed that the functionality of templates is so limited. One of my major arguments for adopting Sharepoint and the way I want to get people comfortable with the idea is the documentary repository aspect. I know, not dreaming big, but it's a way to get a foot in the door and hopefully expand things from there.

Does my colleague need that reimbursement template form I emailed to them 6 months ago? Forget searching through thousands of emails, just click the Sharepoint link - ideally, that and many other useful documents will be at their fingertips. While I'm happy that more of an effort is being made to incorporate templates, it just isn't very user friendly for the average computer user. But perhaps I misunderstand the point of the functionality, and it's not so much being able pull up a form as much as it is choosing what letterhead you need.

In light of that, I do hope that you all consider the ability to have template files located as documents within libraries. And rather than creating a new document located in the library, it would ideally give the administrator an option to limit saving to a user's personal One Drive account. Again, as I am new to Sharepoint, perhaps I am overlooking or do not know of another solution that exists. On the other hand, if Sharepoint is being touted as an Intranet, it seems pretty basic to be able to store template files for different HR forms and other documents that won't necessarily involve collaboration. (Templates are big for me, one of my primary pet peeves is when people overwrite an original document that's meant to be filled in each time it's used, ha.)