Re: [libreoffice-users] Saving Impress Templates

So far, it looks like this workaround needs to be done every time you
attempt to save a Template. So it does not look like a first-time only
problem, it looks like a general bug.

Regards,

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Kevin O'Brien <zwilnik2@gmail.com> wrote:
> Brian, thank you, that worked, and I doubt I would have thought of it
> any time soon. But I have gone over the Impress Guide and I don't see
> this in there. I am using the IG4.2, which I believe is the latest,
> and the section for Working with Templates begins on Page 47, and I
> just cannot find your solution in there anywhere. Are you using a
> different version of the Impress Guide, perhaps?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:
> > At 16:26 22/12/2014 -0500, Kevin O'Brien wrote:
> > > From what I read in the documentation I should be able to create a
> > > Template, save it as a Template, and then it should appear in Available for
> > > Use on the right. When I do that it isn't working, so either I am doing it
> > > wrong or the documentation is missing something.
> > >
> > > What I am seeing is that when I am in Impress and go to Save as
> > > Templates-->Save As Template, the window that opens only has one tab,
> > > Documents, and not the four tabs I am used to seeing (Documents,
> > > Spreadsheets, Presentations, Drawings). If I go to File-->New-->Templates in
> > > Impress I see all four tabs, but Templates I saved in the Documents tab do
> > > not appear.
> > >
> > > So, am I reading the documentation wrong? Or is something wrong here? This
> > > is LO 4.3 on Windows 7. I'll see what I get when I do it on a Linux box.
> >
> >
> > Chapter 2 of the Impress Guide say that you won't see the relevant template
> > folder if it is empty. Catch-22, eh?!
> >
> > Here's what it suggests you do:
> >
> > Saving templates to a hidden folder
> > This procedure is for a LibreOffice installation that has yet to have any
> > user created or imported templates for use in Impress. Any empty template
> > folders are hidden in the Template Manager and a work-around is necessary to
> > save the first template into the My Templates folder.
> > 1) Go to File > Save As Template on the main menu bar to open the Template
> > Manager dialog. By default the Template Manager opens at the Documents page.
> > 2) Double click on the MediaWiki folder to select it and activate the Save
> > icon, then click the Save icon.
> > 3) Specify the template name in the pop-up dialog and click Accept. The
> > template is saved into the MediaWiki folder. This appears in the MediaWiki
> > folder on the dialog page of the file type being saved, which is
> > Presentations.
> > 4) Close the Template Manager dialog.
> > 5) Go to File > New > Templates on the main menu bar to open the Template
> > Manager dialog again.
> > Note: Closing and opening the Template Manager is necessary so that the
> > following steps can be carried out to move your template into the My
> > Templates folder.
> > 6) Select the Presentations tab to open the dialog page for presentations
> > (Figure 32).
> > 7) Double-click the MediaWiki folder to open it.
> > 8) Select the template you have just added and the file handling controls
> > are displayed.
> > 9) Click the Move to folder icon and select My Templates from the drop list
> > that appears. Your template will be moved from the MediaWiki folder to the
> > My Templates
> > folder.
> > 10) Close the Template Manager dialog.
> >
> > I trust this helps.
> >
> > Brian Barker
> >
> >
> >
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