Operation Manual

To create a template using a wizard:
1) From the main menu, choose File > Wizards > [type of template required].
Figure 52. Creating a template using a wizard
2) Follow the instructions on the pages of the wizard. This process is slightly different for each
type of template, but the format is very similar.
3) In the last section of the wizard, you can specify the template name which will show in the
Template Manager, and also the name and location for saving the template. The two
names can be different but may cause you confusion if you choose two different names.
The default location is your user templates directory, but you can choose a different
location if you prefer.
4) Selecting the Path button to set the file name, and perhaps change the directory, causes
the Save As dialog to open. Setting the file name and clicking Save closes the dialog.
5) Finally, you have the option of creating a new document from your template immediately, or
manually changing the template by clicking Finish. For future documents, you can re-use
the template created by the wizard, just as you would use any other template.
You may have to open the Template Manager and click Refresh on the Action menu to have any
new templates appear in the listings.
Note
In this early release of LibreOffice, clicking Finish reopens the Save As dialog in
which you set the file name at Step 4. Clicking Save now, in the reopened dialog,
causes the file to be saved to the hard drive and the template to open.
Clicking Save in Step 4 only saved the dialog in memory and not to the hard drive.
Editing a template
You can edit a template’s styles and content, and then, if you wish, you can reapply the template’s
styles to documents that were created from that template. (Note that you can only reapply styles.
You cannot reapply content.)
To edit a template:
1) From the main menu, choose File > New > Templates. The Template Manager dialog
opens.
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