I filed a bug on this. It does seem like the best course of action at this point.
On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Kevin O'Brien <zwiln...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. -- 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
