Hi Jim,
Jim McLaughlin schrieb:
Now I am confused.
What is a "registered Template" as opposed to a "non registered template"
For example, if you want your text document to become a template, then
you can do
(A) File > Templates > Save. There you choose a category and enter a
name for the template. OK. That is part of the template manager.
or you do
(B) File > Sava as. There you set the file type to "ODF Text Document
Template (.ott)(*.ott)".
In case (A) the new template is visible in File > New > Templates and
Documents. And when you select the template in that dialog and use
"open", then you get a document, that is not only based on that
template, but the new document contains the information from which
template it is generated in its document properties. With such templates
you can generate a hierarchy of templates, templates based on other
templates. When a template is changed afterwards, the document notices this.
That is, what I call a "registered" template. I do not know an official
term for that.
The shortcoming is, that you cannot choose freely the place where the
template is stored, but you have to stick to the path, which you have
set in Tool > Options.
In case (B) you can choose an arbitrary place to store the template.
When you later on double-click the template a new file is generated
based on this template. But the new file does not store the information
about its parent template. Therefore the document cannot inform you, in
case the template is changed.
Kind regards
Regina
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