Templates online features

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This site explains in short planned features for organizing and accessing templates online.


In a first step a template web site will be created, where template can be uploaded and downloaded. A link from the current 'Templates and Documents'-dialog in OpenOffice.org will point to that planned template web site.

In a future release these features will be offered from within the Office via a redesigned / new “Templates and Documents”-dialog (non-modal dialog) so that the user can interact with the web site content online directly from within the user interface.

List of features

  • templates can be sorted into groups / categories
  • search for templates
  • short descriptions
  • template versioning: templates get visible (marked) as updated ones on the site
  • user feedback:
    • users can comment the templates and also give feedback by email directly to the template-creator
    • users can also vote the templates
  • number of downloads is visible
  • preview of thumbnails by mouse over the template thumbnail, so that the user can see the content of the template without the need to change the view..
  • users can download a single selected template and also multi selected templates
  • take over the meta data of the templates into the upload form
  • download and upload should be possible on the template web site.. For upload authentication is needed
  • link from Office to the template web site via implementing an URL with tip help text in the templates and documents dialog
  • perhaps offer different views on the web site: At least per default tiled (vertical navigation). Perhaps a further kind of view to switch between;
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