
Chapter 9: Advanced Techniques
More on Templates
Changing Default Templates
When a new document is opened using File > New, a blank document appears based on the
default OpenOffice.org template for that document type. Users can edit or modify this
document or replace it with an existing document so that the new document contains
personalized custom format attributes or other contents.
Modifying Default Templates
If there is an existing OpenOffice.org document which is satisfactory, use it. However, this
step is not necessary. However, if one is not what is needed, one can do the following to
create a new template:
1. Open a new, empty document
2. Edit it until it makes a good template. For example, edit the styles in the Styles and
Formatting window.
3. By way of example, the following describes how to proceed for text documents and these
steps can be applied for other types of OpenOffice.org documents. Templates, of course,
can be defined for each OpenOffice.org module.
1. Now save the document, created in step 2, by choosing File > Templates > Save and
saving the document in, say, the Default category.
2. Select File > Templates > Organize.
3. Double-click Default in the list on the left. This will display the user-defined templates
in the user/template directory.
4. Select the template was just saved and open the context menu or open the submenu of
the Commands button.
5. Choose Set as default template.
That is all that is needed. The next time a new text document is opened, the new document
will correspond to the template defined as default in step 5 above.
Resetting Default Templates
To reset the modified text template to the original default template, proceed as follows:
1. Select File > Templates > Organize.
2. Open the context menu and choose Reset default template. In the submenu, select the
document type to restore. Thereafter, when a user opens an empty text document, it will
again correspond to the OpenOffice.org default template for text documents.
Using Custom Templates
There are several ways to make work easier by using custom templates. One of the most
important is quick access to the templates. Templates can be stored in different locations in
OpenOffice.org. Opening a new document using a custom template will then differ
accordingly.
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