<p class="Paragraph">When you open a new document with <span style="font-weight:bold;">File</span> - <span style="font-weight:bold;">New</span> a blank document appears based on a <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> template. You can edit or modify this document or replace it with an existing document so that the new document contains your customized format attributes or other contents.</p>
<p class="Head2">Modifying Default Templates</p>
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<p style="">First, open a new, empty document and edit it until you feel it would make a good template. For example, edit the Styles in the Stylist. If you have already found a <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> document which satisfies your needs, this step is not necessary.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can define a template for each <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> module. The following describes how to proceed for text documents.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Now save the document by choosing <span style="font-weight:bold;"><text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/>File</span> -<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Templates - Save </span>and saving the document in, for example, the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Default</span> category.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Double-click <span style="font-weight:bold;">Default</span> in the list on the left. You will see the user-defined templates in the directory {installpath}\user\template. Select the template you have just saved and open the context menu or open the submenu of the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Commands</span> button.</p>
<p class="TextInTable">Choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Set as default template</span>. That is all you have to do. The next time you open a new text document, the new document will correspond to the template you selected.</p>
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<p class="Head2">Resetting Default Templates</p>
<p class="Paragraph">To reset the modified text template to the original default template, proceed as follows:</p>
<p style="">Open the context menu and choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Reset default template</span>. 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 <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> default template for text documents.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">There are several ways to make your work easier by using your own custom templates. One of the most important is quick access to the templates. You can store your templates in different locations in <help:productname>%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>. Opening a new document with one of your templates will then differ accordingly.</p>
<p class="Head3">Templates in the Template Folder</p>
<p class="Paragraph">You can save a new template via <span style="font-weight:bold;">File - Templates - Save</span> or select the "Template" file type in the "normal" Save dialog. If you save the template in the {installpath}/user/template directory, you can access this template anytime by selecting it in the <text:s text:c="" xmlns:text="http://openoffice.org/2000/text"/><span style="font-weight:bold;">New</span> dialog (<span style="font-weight:bold;">File - New - From Templates and Documents</span>). When you open the template, a new document will be created based on that template.</p>
<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="updating; templates" tag="kw68109_2"/>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 <span style="font-weight:bold;">File - Templates - Organize</span> and in the submenu of the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Commands</span> button, choose <span style="font-weight:bold;">Update</span>.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">To modify the template yourself, you can call this file via <span style="font-weight:bold;">File - Templates - Edit</span> and then edit it.</p>
