So far, it looks like this workaround needs to be done every time you attempt to save a Template. So it does not look like a first-time only problem, it looks like a general bug.
Regards, On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Kevin O'Brien <zwiln...@gmail.com> wrote: > Brian, thank you, that worked, and I doubt I would have thought of it > any time soon. But I have gone over the Impress Guide and I don't see > this in there. I am using the IG4.2, which I believe is the latest, > and the section for Working with Templates begins on Page 47, and I > just cannot find your solution in there anywhere. Are you using a > different version of the Impress Guide, perhaps? > > Thanks, > > > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.bar...@btinternet.com> > wrote: >> At 16:26 22/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote: >>> >>> From what I read in the documentation I should be able to create a >>> Template, save it as a Template, and then it should appear in Available for >>> Use on the right. When I do that it isn't working, so either I am doing it >>> wrong or the documentation is missing something. >>> >>> What I am seeing is that when I am in Impress and go to Save as >>> Templates-->Save As Template, the window that opens only has one tab, >>> Documents, and not the four tabs I am used to seeing (Documents, >>> Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings). If I go to File-->New-->Templates in >>> Impress I see all four tabs, but Templates I saved in the Documents tab do >>> not appear. >>> >>> So, am I reading the documentation wrong? Or is something wrong here? This >>> is LO 4.3 on Windows 7. I'll see what I get when I do it on a Linux box. >> >> >> Chapter 2 of the Impress Guide say that you won't see the relevant template >> folder if it is empty. Catch-22, eh?! >> >> Here's what it suggests you do: >> >> Saving templates to a hidden folder >> This procedure is for a LibreOffice installation that has yet to have any >> user created or imported templates for use in Impress. Any empty template >> folders are hidden in the Template Manager and a work-around is necessary to >> save the first template into the My Templates folder. >> 1) Go to File > Save As Template on the main menu bar to open the Template >> Manager dialog. By default the Template Manager opens at the Documents page. >> 2) Double click on the MediaWiki folder to select it and activate the Save >> icon, then click the Save icon. >> 3) Specify the template name in the pop-up dialog and click Accept. The >> template is saved into the MediaWiki folder. This appears in the MediaWiki >> folder on the dialog page of the file type being saved, which is >> Presentations. >> 4) Close the Template Manager dialog. >> 5) Go to File > New > Templates on the main menu bar to open the Template >> Manager dialog again. >> Note: Closing and opening the Template Manager is necessary so that the >> following steps can be carried out to move your template into the My >> Templates folder. >> 6) Select the Presentations tab to open the dialog page for presentations >> (Figure 32). >> 7) Double-click the MediaWiki folder to open it. >> 8) Select the template you have just added and the file handling controls >> are displayed. >> 9) Click the Move to folder icon and select My Templates from the drop list >> that appears. Your template will be moved from the MediaWiki folder to the >> My Templates >> folder. >> 10) Close the Template Manager dialog. >> >> I trust this helps. >> >> Brian Barker >> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > > > > -- > Kevin B. O'Brien > zwiln...@gmail.com > http://google.me/+kevinobrien > Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- Kevin B. O'Brien zwiln...@gmail.com http://google.me/+kevinobrien Facebook is Evil. Cancel your account. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
