Kenn Goutal wrote:
I'm having a hard time understanding how to organize my Writer templates.
I don't want many, just two or four.
But in the meantime, I'm rather confused.
This is using v2.0 on WinXP+SP2 on an AMD box.
Here is an Explorer listing of all the template files I have created
(and kept) up to this point:
http://tinyurl.com/3ag935
The file "kgg_sans.ott" is the template that I want to use by default.
(I will probably create another one called "kgg_serif.ott" later.)
The file "Untitled2.ott" is a by-product of some experiment last night.
I then created a Writer document, and at a point in time
I had an existing OO.o file already open (a spreadsheet),
then clicking File->New->Templates and Documents.
The resulting dialog box is shown here:
http://tinyurl.com/32xbff
I clicked on the "kgg" template, and then clicked on [Open].
This resulted in an open Writer document apparently named "Untitled1".
I clicked on File->Templates->Organize,
and here is the resulting Template Management dialog:
http://tinyurl.com/2j9h8n
At this point I notice that:
a. While I have a template file called "Untitled2.ott",
I don't see a *template* (in the Template Management dialog)
named "Untitled2".
b. While I have templates (in the Template Management dialog)
named "kgp_bizcards" and "profiles",
I don't see any template *files* by those names.
(The templates "kgp_bizcards" and "profiles" are not completely junk;
they were previous attempts to create templates.
Somehow I was able to create the templates and store them *somewhere*
without actually storing them in .OTT files.)
Would someone be willing to explain to me what's going on here?
If this is already covered elsewhere, of course, just point me to it.
Thanks.
Hi Kenn
On a superficial look at what has happened, I think you haven't done
(with each of the templates you want to make available) a "File -
Template - Save". This puts them where the "File - New - Templates and
Documents" expects to find them. You can find where that is in the Tools
- Options - Paths dialogue. Just a "File - Save" as a template doesn't
achieve this.
Then if you do "File -Templates - Organize" you can select the template
you want and with the "Commands" button set it as default. The
"Organize" dialogue suppresses the file name extension. In the "File -
New - Templates and Documents" dialogue, if you click on a file name,
the details, including file type should show in the right hand window.
It is actually explained in the Help file, but not terribly clearly.
HTH
Russell
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