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You can edit, modify, or replace this template so that the new document contains your customized Styles or other contents.</paragraph> 48<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Modifying Default Templates</paragraph> 49<list type="unordered"> 50<listitem> 51<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> 52</listitem> 53</list> 54<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> 55<list type="ordered"> 56<listitem> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145748" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Save the document by choosing <emph>File - Templates - Save</emph> and saving the document in the <emph>My Templates</emph> category.</paragraph> 58</listitem> 59<listitem> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Choose <emph>File - Templates - Organize</emph>.</paragraph> 61</listitem> 62<listitem> 63<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><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %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> 64</listitem> 65<listitem> 66<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> 67</listitem> 68</list> 69<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153947" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="27">Resetting Default Templates</paragraph> 70<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> 71<list type="ordered"> 72<listitem> 73<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3146792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">Choose <emph>File - Templates - Organize</emph>.</paragraph> 74</listitem> 75<listitem> 76<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> 77</listitem> 78</list> 79<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153764" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="13">Using Custom Templates</paragraph> 80<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> 81<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149109" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Templates in the Template Folder</paragraph> 82<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><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME - Paths</emph> to be able to access the template from within the <emph>File - New - From Templates and Documents</emph> dialog.</paragraph> 83<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> 84<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> 85</section> 86<section id="relatedtopics"> 87<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> 88<switch select="appl"> 89<case select="WRITER"><embed href="text/swriter/guide/template_default.xhp#template_default"/> 90</case> 91</switch></section> 92</body> 93</helpdocument> 94