Managing Templates in LibreOffice

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JW
Jack Wallen
Dec 14, 2010

“Templates are a way to manage frequently used, pre-formatted
documents that keep you from having to re-create the same forms
over and over. OpenOffice.org.org and its successor LibreOffice
have a built-in system for handling templates. At first blush this
system may seem less than intuitive, because it is. But, after you
are used to managing templates in LibreOffice, you will wonder what
you did without them.

“In my series geared to make LibreOffice a more efficient tool I
have covered Styles and Formatting as well as Macros. To polish off
the efficiency trilogy, let’s move on to using Templates. What is a
Template?

“Templates come in many shapes and forms. Generally speaking, a
template is a sort of form letter. It is a pre-designed and written
letter or form that can be used and re-used to simplify daily
office life. But templates are not limited to LibreOffice Writer
documents. Templates can be:”


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