<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="files-templates" xml:lang="kn">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="files#faq"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-09-28" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-29" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Anita Reitere</name>

      <email>nitalynx@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>David King</name>

      <email>amigadave@amigadave.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Quickly create new documents from custom file templates.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Templates for commonly-used document types</title>

  
If you often create documents based on the same content, you might

  benefit from using file templates. A file template can be a document

  of any type with the formatting or content you would like to reuse.

  For example, you could create a template document with your letterhead.

  <steps>

    <title>Make a new template</title>

    <item>

      
Create a document that you are going to use as a template. For

      example, you could make your letterhead in a word processing

      application.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Save the file with the template content in the <file>Templates</file>

      folder in your <file>Home</file> folder. If the <file>Templates</file>

      folder does not exist, you will need to create it first.

    </item>

  </steps>

  <steps>

    <title>Use a template to create a document</title>

    <item>

      
Open the folder where you want to place the new document.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Right-click anywhere in the empty space in the folder, then choose

      <gui style="menuitem">New Document</gui>. The names of available

      templates will be listed in the submenu.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Choose your desired template from the list.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Double-click the file to open it and start editing. You may wish to

      <link xref="files-rename">rename the file</link> when you are

      finished.

    </item>

  </steps>

</page>