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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Templates and Styles</title>
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33<bookmark_value>formatting styles; styles and templates</bookmark_value>
34<bookmark_value>styles; styles and templates</bookmark_value>
35<bookmark_value>organizing; templates (guide)</bookmark_value>
36<bookmark_value>templates; organizing (guide)</bookmark_value>
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39oldref="15"><variable id="templates_styles"><link href="text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp" name="Templates and Styles">Templates and Styles</link>
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41<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>
42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149957" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG" oldref="18">Unless you specify otherwise, every new $[officename] text document is based on the default template.</paragraph>
43<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149974" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="3">$[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>
44<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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47<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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50<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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