Hi Chuck, I'm also using OO 4.1.7. On Linux though. Have Windows 10 but have not tested with it. Only so much time for volunteering in a day.
Based on your feedback I tried with no document open, with a new unsaved document open (Untitled 1), and with a previously saved document open. In all cases File > New > Templates and Documents initialized a new Untitled 1 document based on the selected template. Seems you have discovered a bug in the Mac version. On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 8:59 PM Chuck Spalding <cspaldi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Alan, > > Your guidance sort of works for me (OO 4.1.7 on Mac OS 10.12.6). If I do > not have any document open, the menu selection *File > From Template...* > works as expected. But if I have any document open (Writer or Calc), the > selection *File > New > Templates and Documents* does nothing—the *Templates > and Documents* dialog does *not* open as claimed in the documentation. > > I can't resist mentioning that it's not obvious that one should look at > documentation for version 3.3 when using version 4.1. Also, it's > "interesting" that the *What's New* section of the documentation page > <https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation> contains only two items > from 2013. (Yes, I know it's a volunteer organization.) > > Chuck > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:22 AM Alan B <abo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Susan, >> >> Sorry you've invested so much time without success. >> >> The following instructions worked for me... >> 1. the web page with links to the instructions >> OpenOffice.org 3.3 User Guides (ODT) - Apache OpenOffice Wiki >> < >> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOo3_User_Guides/OOo3.3_Chapters_ODT >> > >> > > [snip] > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
