<p class="Paragraph"><a name="dokumentvorlagetext"/><help:help-text value="visible">Saves the current document as a new template.</help:help-text> This function enables you to open a new document later on, identical to the one saved as a template.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Document templates give your personal and business documents a uniform design, provide forms to fill out, and offer macro-controlled assistants such as for designing an Internet <help:popup Id="65629" Eid="homepage" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">homepage</help:popup>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The blank document which appears after choosing <span class="T1">File - New - Text Document</span> is based on a template. You can naturally <help:link Id="66214" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">edit and modify the standard template</help:link>. <help:link Id="66214" Eid="vorlagennutzen" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Working with templates</help:link> can save you a lot of time in the long run.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="Styles; hierarchical" tag="kw65671_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="hierarchical Styles" tag="kw65671_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>To create hierarchical Styles, define on the <help:link Id="65762" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Organize</span></help:link> tab page the Style on which the current Style is based and, additionally, a Style to follow it. <help:switch select="Program" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:case select="WRITER">A list of all available Styles is in the Help Agent topic which appears after you choose <help:link Id="67722"><span class="T1">Format - Styles - Catalog</span></help:link>.</help:case></help:switch></p>
<p class="Paragraph">Styles can be most easily used by clicking the <help:link Id="65979" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><span class="T1">Stylist</span></help:link> icon on the Function bar.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Enter a name for the document template you want to save.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Head2">Templates</p>
<p class="Paragraph">In this dialog, you can specify the category for your new document template.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Select an area in which to save the new document template.</help:help-text> To create a new area, click the <help:link Id="65871" Eid="verwalten" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Organize...</help:link> button.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">This field displays a list of all templates in the selected area.</help:help-text></p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click this button to load the selected template for editing.</help:help-text> You can then make changes and save the template.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:help-text value="visible" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Click the <span class="T1">Organize</span> button to open the <help:link Id="65871"><span class="T1">Template Management</span></help:link> dialog.</help:help-text></p>