I'd like to be able to put notes on templates that DO NOT carry over onto a project so the project managers can use it as a guide. We have a lot of scenarios that are if/then and it gets hard to remember them all.
The only thing I know of that doesn't copy over from the template to the project is the Updates tab, although that would present some difficulty in providing guidance to your project managers as a 'how to' guide. Have you considered using the Description field and then allowing them to remove the instruction, IF they choose to?