HOW TO CREATE AND USE A TEMPLATE IN OPEN OFFICE.

HOW TO CREATE AND USE A TEMPLATE IN OPEN OFFICE.

What is a template?

A template is a model that you can use in creating other documents. For example, you can create a template for your company displaying its logo on the top and its tagline. You can use this template to create all the other documents for your company.

You can include  text,graphics, a set of styles, and user-specific setup information such as measurement units,language, the default printer, and toolbar and menu customization in your template. You can also set the template as default so as to use it in all the documents that you create thereafter.

There are two main ways for creating a template:
1.From a document.
2.Using a wizard.

1. TO CREATE A TEMPLATE FROM A DOCUMENT.

1. Open a new or existing document of the type you want to make into a
template (text document, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation).

2. Add the content and styles that you want.

3. From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Save. The Templates
dialog opens.

4. In the New template field, type a name for the new template.

5. In the Categories list, click the category to which you want to assign the
template. The category you choose has no effect on the template itself; it is
simply the folder in which you save the template. Choosing an appropriate
category makes it easier to find the template when you want to use it. For
example, you might save Impress templates under the Presentations
category.

6. Click OK to save the new template.

2.TO CREATE A TEMPLATE USING A WIZARD.

1. From the main menu, choose File > Wizards >[type of template required].

2. Follow the instructions on the pages of the wizard. This process is slightly different
for each type of template, but the format is very similar.

3. In the last section of the wizard, you can specify the name and location for saving
the template. The default location is your user templates directory, but you can
choose a different location if you prefer.

4. Finally, you have the option of creating a new document from your template
immediately,  or manually changing the template. For future documents, you can re-
use the template created by the wizard, just as you would use any other template.

HOW TO SET A DEFAULT TEMPLATE.

To set a custom template as the default:
1. From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Organize. The
Template Management dialog opens
.
2. In the box on the left, select the folder containing the template that you
want to set as the default, then select the template.

3. Click the Commands button and choose Set As Default Template from
the drop-down menu.

The next time that you create a document by choosing File > New, the document
will be created from this template.