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+
+<meta>
+<topic id="textsharedguidestandard_templatexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Creating and Changing Default and Custom Templates</title>
+<filename>/text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp</filename>
+</topic>
+</meta>
+<body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154285"><bookmark_value>modifying, see changing</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>changing, see also editing and replacing</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>default templates; changing</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>default templates; creating</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>defaults;documents</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>custom templates</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>updating; templates</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>editing;templates</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>templates;editing and saving</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>saving;templates</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>resetting;templates</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+<h1 id="hd_id3154285" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="standard_template"><link href="text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp" name="Changing Default Templates">Creating and Changing Default and Custom Templates</link>
+</variable></h1>
+<section id="text">
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152811" xml-lang="en-US">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>
+<note id="par_id3159152" xml-lang="en-US">You can define document templates for each $[officename] application.</note>
+<h2 id="hd_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US">Creating a Default Template</h2>
+<list type="ordered">
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="create_template">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.</variable></paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145748" xml-lang="en-US">Save the document by choosing <menuitem>File - Templates - Save as Template</menuitem>, then enter the template name, click the <emph>Set as default template</emph> checkbox, and save in the <emph>My Templates</emph> category.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146901" xml-lang="en-US">The next time you open a new text document, the new document will be based on this new default template.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<h2 id="hd_id751605458425017">Modifying a Default Template</h2>
+<list type="ordered">
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154011" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="edit_template">Choose <menuitem>File - Templates - Manage Templates</menuitem>.</variable></paragraph>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
+<paragraph id="par_id531605464645795" role="listitem">Use <emph>Filter</emph> to select the type of document.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+
+<listitem>
+<paragraph id="par_id981605464830645" role="listitem">The default template is marked with a green check mark. Right-click that template and choose <menuitem>Edit</menuitem>.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph id="par_id211605464919603" role="listitem"><variable id="save_template">Make desired changes, choose <menuitem>File - Save</menuitem>, and close the document.</variable></paragraph>
+</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id851605464921341" role="listitem">When you open a new document, the modified default template will be used.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+</list>
+<switch select="appl">
+<case select="CALC"></case>
+<case select="DRAW"></case>
+<case select="IMPRESS">
+<note id="par_id131605483428241">%PRODUCTNAME provides built-in presentation templates, which cannot be edited, renamed, or deleted. To modify a built-in presentation template, open a document using the template, modify, then save as a new template.</note>
+</case>
+<case select="WRITER">
+<note id="par_id461605483905608">%PRODUCTNAME provides built-in templates for Writer, which cannot be edited, renamed, or deleted. To modify a built-in template, open a document using the template, modify, then save as a new template.</note>
+ </case>
+<default>
+</default>
+</switch>
+<h2 id="hd_id891605476755142">Setting a Template as Default</h2>
+<list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id501605476796634" role="listitem"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp#edit_template"/></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id711605476873605" role="listitem">Right-click on template to be made default, choose <menuitem>Set as Default</menuitem>.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+</list>
+
+<h2 id="hd_id3153764" xml-lang="en-US">Creating a Custom Template</h2>
+ <list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id231605475396242" role="listitem"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp#create_template"/></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id251605475503009" role="listitem">Choose <menuitem>File - Templates - Save As Template</menuitem>, then enter the template name, choose a <emph>Template category</emph>, and save.</paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+</list>
+
+<h2 id="hd_id311605475738848">Modifying a Custom Template</h2>
+<list type="ordered">
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id901605475822840" role="listitem"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp#edit_template"/></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id51605476162735" role="listitem">Right-click on the template to be modified, and choose <menuitem>Edit</menuitem>.
+ </paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <paragraph id="par_id191605477448444" role="listitem"><embedvar href="text/shared/guide/standard_template.xhp#save_template"/></paragraph>
+ </listitem>
+</list>
+
+<h2 id="hd_id3149109" xml-lang="en-US">Saving a Template in the Template Folder</h2>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146918" xml-lang="en-US">You can save any document as a template by selecting "Template" file type in the Save dialog. To access the template from the Template Manager, save the template in the <emph>User Paths</emph> directory specified for <emph>Templates</emph> in <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><menuitem>%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</menuitem></caseinline><defaultinline><menuitem>Tools - Options</menuitem></defaultinline></switchinline><emph> - %PRODUCTNAME - Paths</emph>. It is often easier to save a document with <menuitem>File - Templates - Save As Template</menuitem>, because it automatically places the template in the appropriate directory.</paragraph>
+
+<tip id="par_id271605485719890">The <link href="text/shared/guide/template_manager.xhp" name="templatemanager">Template Manager</link> is the preferred method for working with templates. <menuitem>File - New - Templates</menuitem> and <menuitem>File - Templates - Manage Templates</menuitem> are equivalent for opening the <emph>Template Manager</emph>. <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC"><keycode>Command</keycode></caseinline><defaultinline><keycode>Ctrl</keycode></defaultinline></switchinline><keycode>+Shift+N</keycode> is the predefined shortcut key.</tip>
+</section>
+<section id="relatedtopics">
+<switch select="appl">
+<case select="WRITER">
+ <embed href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp#templates_styles"/>
+</case>
+</switch>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147315" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/01/01110000.xhp" name="Templates">Templates</link></paragraph>
+</section>
+</body>
+</helpdocument>