Editing a template

OpenOffice.org 3 Writer Guide

Chapter 10: Working with Templates

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• Using a template to create a document
• Creating a template
• Editing a template
• Adding templates with Extension Manager
• Setting a default template
• Associating a document with a different template
• Organizing templates

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You can edit a template’s styles and content, and then, if you wish, you can reapply the template’s styles to documents that were created from that template. (Note that you can only reapply styles. You cannot reapply content, except for content in headers and footers.)

To edit a template:

1. From the main menu, choose File > Templates > Organize. The Template Management dialog box opens.
2. In the box on the left, double-click the folder containing the template that you want to edit. A list of all the templates contained in that folder appears underneath the folder name.
3. Select the template that you want to edit.
4. Click the Commands button and choose Edit from the drop-down menu.
5. Edit the template just as you would any other document. To save your changes, choose File > Save from the main menu.

Template management dialog box.

Updating a document from a changed template

The next time that you open a document that was created from the changed template, the following message appears.

Apply current styles message.

Click Yes to apply the template’s changed styles to the document. Click No if you do not want to apply the template’s changed styles to the document. Whichever option you choose, the message box closes and the document opens in Writer.