Changing the Template Assigned to a Document

Getting Started with Apache OpenOffice 4

Chapter 2: Using Styles and Templates

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• What is a Template?
• What Are Styles?
• Applying Styles
• Modifying Styles
• Creating New (Custom) Styles
• Copying and Moving Styles
• Deleting Styles
• Using a Template to Create a Document
• Creating a Template
• Adding Templates using the Extension Manager
• Editing a Template
• Changing the Template Assigned to a Document
• Setting a Default Template
• Organizing templates
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Changing the Template Assigned to a Document

You can change the template assigned to a document, or reconnect a document to a template, in two ways: manually or using the Template Changer extension to OpenOffice.

To change or reassign a template manually, first create a new, blank document from the required template. Then copy the contents of the old document into the new document.

To use the Template Changer extension, first you need to download and install it, then restart OpenOffice to activate it. After that, you can open the document and use File → Templates → Change Template (current document) from the main menu.

The Template Changer extension works with Writer, Calc, Draw, and Impress.