Re: [libreoffice-users] Creating my first template

Hi :)
Sorry you haven't had any answers so far.  Chapter 3 of the "Getting
Started Guide" might help
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)




On 6 June 2014 22:04, AndrewB <andrew@hippofarms.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> I felt it was time to "do" my first template so, after reading the relevant
> bits of the Writer Guide and a few tutorials on the web I proceeded as
> follows:
>
> 1) Create a new document from "Default" template.
> 2) Edit the Right/Left page styles to include a footer.
> 3) Apply the Right Page style to the first page.
> 4) Create our custom paragraph fonts.
> 5) Entered something meaningful under "File | Properties | Description |
> Title"
>
> Nothing too fancy to start with, but when I did "Save as Template", several
> unexpected things happened:
>
>   1) The "Title" field was changed to match the filename
>   2) The presentation of the "Title" field at the top of the document was
> changed from my own style to "Heading 1" - though it did manage to keep my
> choice of font!
>   3) Something, though I have no idea what, was given the "Heading" style
> (it's in the list of applied paragraph styles, but a search for styles
> doesn't find it anywhere).
>
> How much of this is "working as designed"? How much is "Possible bug" ? and
> how much is "User inexperience"?
>
> None of the material I've read even hints at any of this.
>
> Also, although the template, as saved, had the first page set as "Right
> Page", when I create a document from that template, it always opens with a
> "Default Style" page (as indicated in the status bar at the bottom).  What
> can I do to make LO open the template at a "Right Page"?
>
>
>
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