Adding a lower Third

I have used Premier CS5 at my school before and when I wanted to add a lower 3rd text on my video there were several templates that I could do this with.  However, on my copy of Premier there is nothing in the templates menu.  I was wondering if there was a site that I could download them from or any other way that I could find the templates, maybe in the installation files? 
Thanks,
Jeff

Jeff,
It sounds like the Functional Content was not loaded. Now, I do not know for sure, if the educational version (there are actually two, slightly different "educational" versions), ships with and installs the Functional Content. I think that John T. Smith knows all about what is included in each version, and especially the educational versions. Maybe he can instruct, whether something is omitted by the version.
Otherwise, the IT department might have just chosen to not install that material, and I would check with them.
In the meantime, one can recreate Lower Thirds, as they wish, with Titler. Then, you can Save that as a Template (PTRL format), for use in other Projects.
I also create many in PS, but that means that they are PSD files (graphic images), and need to be edited in PS, as Titler will not edit those, but you can still do the background Lower Thirds, and then use Titler to add/change/edit Text (and Shapes, if necessary), as overlays.
Good luck,
Hunt

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