What is a Template?

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Calc Guide

Chapter 4: Styles and Templates

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• What is a Template?
• What are Styles?
• Types of Styles in Calc
  • Cell Styles
  • Page Styles
• Accessing Styles
• Applying Cell Styles
  • Using the Styles and Formatting Window
  • Using Fill Format Mode
  • Using the Apply Style List
  • Assigning Styles to Shortcut Keys
• Applying Page Styles
• Modifying Styles
  • Style Organizer
  • Cell Style Options
    • Numbers
    • Font
    • Font Effects
    • Alignment
    • Borders
    • Background
    • Cell Protection
  • Page Style Options
    • Page
    • Borders
    • Background
    • Header
    • Footer
    • Sheet
• Creating New (Custom) Styles
  • Creating a New Style Using the Style Dialog
  • Creating a New Style from a Selection
  • Creating a New Style by Dragging and Dropping
• Copying and Moving Styles
• Deleting Styles
• Creating a Spreadsheet from a Template
• Creating a Template
• Editing a Template
  • Updating a Spreadsheet from a Changed Template
• Adding Templates Using the Extension Manager
• Setting a Default Template
  • Setting a Custom Template as the Default
  • Resetting the Default Template
• Associating a Spreadsheet with a Different Template
• Organizing Templates
  • Creating a Template Folder
  • Deleting a Template Folder
  • Moving a Template
  • Deleting a Template
  • Importing a Template
  • Exporting a Template

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What is a Template?

A template is a model used to create other documents. For example, you can build an invoice template that places your company’s logo and address at the top of the page. Therefore, new spreadsheets created from this template will all have your company’s logo and address on their first page.

Templates can contain anything that regular documents can contain:

• text
• graphics
• styles
• user-specific setup information such as measurement units, language, the default printer, and toolbar and menu customization

All documents in Apache OpenOffice (AOO) are based on templates. You can create or download and install as many templates as you wish. If you do not specify a template when you start a new spreadsheet, the new spreadsheet is based on the default template for spreadsheets. If you have not specified a default template, AOO uses the blank spreadsheet template installed with AOO. See “Setting a Default Template”.