OpenOffice Tutorial: Change Text Document Default Template
How-To: OpenOffice Tutorial: Change Text Document Default Template
- To change the default template for text documents, click on the "File" menu.
- Select the "Templates" item from the menu.
- Select the "Organize..." item from the sub menu.
- The "Template Management" dialog appears.
- To open the node, double click on the "My Templates" category in the tree.
- Richt click on the template to show the context menu.
- Select the "Set As Default Template" item from the menu.
- To set the template and close the dialog, click on the "Close" button.
- To verify the effect, create a new document by clicking on the "New Document" button in the toolbar.
- OpenOffice.org created a new document based on the "ConficioLetter" template.
by Kaj Kandler
Change Text Document Default Template
This screencast demonstrates how to change the default template for
text documents
in
OpenOffice.org Writer.
You learn:
- How navigate to the Template Management dialog.
- How to select a new default template.
- How to verify that the default template for text documents is changed.
All new documents in OpenOffice.org are based on a template.
The default template is used for a new document if no template
is specified.
Advanced topics
For related functionality see:
- How to save the current text document as a template.
- How to create a new text document from a template using the menu.
- How to create a new text document from a template using the toolbar.
- How to reset the default template for text documents to the build in default.
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