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3) Select the template you want to use as the default template.
4) Click the Set as default icon and your selected template becomes the default
template. The next time that you create a new drawing using Draw, the drawing will be
created from the default template you have just set.
Resetting default template
To reset the default template for a new drawing to use the Draw default template:
1) Click on Templates in the LibreOffice Start Center or go to File > New > Templates to
open the Template Manager (Figure 243).
2) Select the Action Menu icon and choose Reset Default Template from the drop-
down menu. This command does not appear unless the default template has been
previously changed to a template of your choosing.
3) Select Drawing from the drop-down list to reset the default template. If other modules in
LibreOffice have had their default template changed, then these modules will also appear in
this drop-down list.
4) The next time that you create a new drawing using Draw, the drawing will be created from
the default Draw template.
Editing templates
You can edit template styles and content, and then, if you wish, you can reapply the template
styles to drawings that were created from that template.
Note
You can only reapply styles. You cannot reapply content.
Editing
1) Click on Templates in the LibreOffice Start Center or go to File > New > Templates to
open the Template Manager (Figure 243).
2) Navigate to the folder where the template you want to edit is located and click once on it to
activate the file handling controls.
3) Select the Edit icon and the template opens in Draw. Edit the template just as you
would any other drawing.
4) To save your changes, go to File > Save on the main menu bar.
Updating documents from a modified template
The next time that you open a drawing that was created from the changed template, you will be
asked to confirm whether you want to update the styles in your drawing to the formatting used in
the modified template.
Click Update Styles to update any styles in the template that have been changed in the document.
Click Keep Old Styles if you do not want to update any styles in the template that have been
changed in the document. Whichever option you choose, the message box closes and the drawing
opens in Draw.
Note
If you select Keep Old Styles, then this message will not appear again the next time
you open the document after changing the template it is based on. You will not get
another chance to update the styles from the template.
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