Operation Manual

Creating a template
Note
In a new installation, only the MediaWiki folder in Documents, and the Presentation
Backgrounds folder in Presentations are visible. Other folders become visible only
when content is added (My Templates, for example). If this is the case when you
come to save your template, follow the instructions in Saving a template to a hidden
folder on page 69, to save your template to one of these folders, or to another user
folder. In an upgrade, other folders will be visible if you had other than the default
installation templates saved.
You can create your own templates in two ways: from a document or using a wizard.
Creating a template from a document
To create a template from a document and save it to My Templates:
1) Open a new or existing document of the type you want to make into a template (text
document, spreadsheet, drawing, or presentation).
2) Add the content and styles that you want.
3) From the Menu bar, choose File > Save As Template. The Template Manager dialog
opens at the Documents page.
4) If the My Templates folder is visible, select it. If it is not, from the tabs at the top of the
dialog, select a category in which the folder is visible and select it.
Note
It does not matter which tab is selected. The object is to select a My Templates
folder. The template will be automatically saved into the My Documents folder in the
correct page (tab), according to the meta-data stored in the properties of the file.
To learn more about template folders, see “Organizing templates” on page 75.
5) Click Save.
6) In the dialog that opens, type a name for the new template and click Accept. You can view
the My Templates folder on the relevant page to confirm the template is correctly located.
7) Close the Template Manager dialog.
Figure 48: Saving a new template
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