Character Sheet Templates
It's not working the way you described.
In the game in question, I have a template made up. It's rather complex, and has been flagged as user-editable. If I go into a character who lacks a sheet, I see the "Create Character Sheet" link, which opens a blank editor.
If I go through the GM menu, and select "Edit Character Sheets", I see a list of my players, and the "Edit Character Sheet" button opens the same editor. There's a series of buttons for uploading a file, which I assume is looking for a plain-text file. At the end are two links: one to change the user-editable status for everyone, and the other for accessing the templates.
On that last option, I see five links: the template I made, and four that say "Create template". Each one opens an editor, as expected.
Nowhere is it giving me an option to use the template I made. Sure, I can go into the template's editing page, copy it, and then paste it into each sheet as I make it... but the way you described it, it's supposed to save me those steps.