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35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153396"><bookmark_value>formatting styles; styles and templates</bookmark_value>
36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>styles; styles and templates</bookmark_value>
37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <bookmark_value>organizing; templates (guide)</bookmark_value>
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43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149635" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="2">A template is a document that contains specific formatting styles, graphics, tables, objects, and other information. A template is used as the basis for creating other documents. For example, you can define paragraph and character styles in a document, save the document as a template, and then use the template to create a new document with the same styles.</paragraph>
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149957" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">Unless you specify otherwise, every new $[officename] text document is based on the default template.</paragraph>
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149974" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="3">$[officename] has a number of <link href="text/swriter/01/05130000.xhp" name="predefined templates">predefined templates</link> that you can use to create different types or text documents, such as business letters.</paragraph>
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149613" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Viewing and Organizing Styles in Templates</paragraph>
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49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN106B0" role="listitem" l10n="NEW">Use the <link href="text/shared/01/01110100.xhp" name="Template Management">Template Management</link> dialog to copy styles from one document to another.</paragraph>
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52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153377" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="7">To copy a style, drag it to another template or document.</paragraph>
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