OpenOffice Tutorial: Reset Text Document Default Template
How-To: OpenOffice Tutorial: Reset Text Document Default Template
- To reset the default template for text documents to the build in default, 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.
- Right click on the "My Templates" node in the tree to show the context menu.
- Select the "Reset Default Template" item from the context menu.
- Select the "Text Document" item from the sub menu.
- To reset 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 build in default template for text documents.
by Kaj Kandler
Reset Text Document Default Template
This screencast demonstrates how to reset the text document default template in OpenOffice.org Writer. You learn:
- How navigate to the "Template Management" dialog.
- How to reset the default template for text documents.
- How to verify that the default template for text documents is reset.
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. OpenOffice has a build in template that is used as default template
when the software is installed. If the default template has changed, you can
reset it to this build in default
Advanced topics
For related functionality see:
- How to save the current document as template.
- How to change the default template for text documents.
- 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.
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