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  40 <topic id="textsharedguidestandard_templatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Changing Default Templates</title>
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  46 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154285"><bookmark_value>modifying, see changing</bookmark_value>
  47 <bookmark_value>changing, see also editing and replacing</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>default templates; changing</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>defaults;documents</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>custom templates</bookmark_value>
  51 <bookmark_value>updating; templates</bookmark_value>
  52 <bookmark_value>editing;templates</bookmark_value>
  53 <bookmark_value>templates;editing and saving</bookmark_value>
  54 <bookmark_value>saving;templates</bookmark_value>
  55 <bookmark_value>resetting;templates</bookmark_value>
  56 </bookmark><comment>MW deleted "changing;"</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154285" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="36"><variable id="standard_template"><link href="text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp" name="Changing Default Templates">Changing Default Templates</link>
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  58 <section id="text">
  59 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">When you open a new document with <emph>File - New</emph>, a blank document appears based on a $[officename] template. You can edit, modify, or replace this template so that the new document contains your customized Styles or other contents.</paragraph>
  60 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Modifying Default Templates</paragraph>
  61 <list type="unordered">
  62 <listitem>
  63 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">First, open either an existing $[officename] template and modify it, or open a new document and edit it as necessary to create the desired template.</paragraph>
  64 </listitem>
  65 </list>
  66 <paragraph role="note" id="par_id3159152" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">You can define a document template for each $[officename] module. The following describes how to proceed for text documents.</paragraph>
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  68 <listitem>
  69 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145748" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Save the document by choosing<emph> File</emph> -<emph> Templates - Save </emph>and saving the document in the <emph>My Templates</emph> category.</paragraph>
  70 </listitem>
  71 <listitem>
  72 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <emph>File - Templates - Organize</emph>.</paragraph>
  73 </listitem>
  74 <listitem>
  75 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="11">Double-click <emph>My Templates</emph> in the list on the left. You will see the user-defined templates in the user directory specified under <emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - Paths</emph>. Select the template you have just saved and open the context menu or open the submenu of the <emph>Commands</emph> button.</paragraph>
  76 </listitem>
  77 <listitem>
  78 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">Choose <emph>Set As Default Template</emph>. The next time you open a new text document, the new document will be based on the new default template.</paragraph>
  79 </listitem>
  80 </list>
  81 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153947" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">Resetting Default Templates</paragraph>
  82 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156276" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">To reset the modified text template to the original default template:</paragraph>
  83 <list type="ordered">
  84 <listitem>
  85 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Choose <emph>File - Templates - Organize</emph>.</paragraph>
  86 </listitem>
  87 <listitem>
  88 <paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153714" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">Open the context menu and choose <emph>Reset default template</emph>. In the submenu, select the document type whose default setting you want to restore. Thereafter, when you open an empty text document, it will again correspond to the $[officename] default template for text documents.</paragraph>
  89 </listitem>
  90 </list>
  91 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153764" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="13">Using Custom Templates</paragraph>
  92 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150386" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="14">There are several ways to make your work easier by using your own custom templates. </paragraph>
  93 <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149109" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Templates in the Template Folder</paragraph>
  94 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146918" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="16">You can save a new template with <emph>File - Templates - Save</emph> or by selecting "Template" file type in any Save dialog. Save the template in the user directory specified under <emph>Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME - Paths</emph> to be able to access the template from within the <emph>File - New - From Templates and Documents</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
  95 <paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3155960" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">You may need to update the view of the templates in the dialog before you can see a newly created template. In this case, choose <emph>File - Templates - Organize</emph> and in the submenu of the <emph>Commands</emph> button, choose <emph>Update</emph>.</paragraph>
  96 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">To open the template for editing, choose <emph>File - Templates - Edit</emph>.</paragraph>
  97 </section>
  98 <section id="relatedtopics">
  99 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37"><link href="text/shared/01/01110000.xhp" name="Templates">Templates</link></paragraph>
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