The Writer Help item entitled Opening Documents With Templates states the
following.
"When you open a document that was created from a template, OpenOffice.org
checks ... If a document was created using a template that cannot be found a
dialog is shown that asks you how to proceed next time the document is
opened. ..."
My 'experiment' [see below] suggests that this may not be correct.
[] At the outset, a template called D is the default.
[] I open a new blank document, modify one of the para styles, save the
template -- call it A -- and make A the default template. Close the
document.
[] I open a new blank document, verify that the underlying template is A,
enter several paras of text, apply the modified style to one of them. Save
the doc as TEST and close it.
[] Via File > Template > Organize , I DELETE the template A and
[re-]designate D as the default template.
[] Now I open TEST . No problem, no message from Writer!!!
But (as I understand the Help item), since A is deleted, Writer should now
display a dialog, asking me what to do about this situation.-- Did I
misunderstand something? What exactly should happen in this situation?
I THINK the Help item is WRONG. Information about styles [list of available
styles, and their specifications] is carried in the document, in what I
think of as a 'virtual' template associated with the document. So the fact
that A [which defined the initial associated template, when the document was
created] no longer exists is irrelevant and there is no need for any message
from Writer and no need for any decision by the user. --- Does that seem
right?
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