<sect1 id="template-creation"> <sect1info> <authorgroup> <author> <firstname>Mike</firstname> <surname>McBride</surname> </author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> </sect1info> <title>Creating Templates, Saving a document as a template and Deleting Templates</title> <para>&kword; comes with several predefined templates (both Page Layout and Text Oriented templates), which are designed to provide initial formatting of documents.</para> <para>If, however, the same format for a custom document is used over and over, &kword; can create a template which more exactly matches the needs of the document.</para> <para>An unlimited number of templates can be created in &kword;, and they can be organized into categories for easy recall.</para> <sect2 id="template-add"><title>Creating a new template</title> <indexterm><primary>templates</primary><secondary>creating</secondary></indexterm> <para>Templates are created by first generating the layout in &kword; based on one of the predefined templates, and then saving the file. Instead of saving it as a traditional file, it is saved as a template.</para> <para>What follows, is a step by step process to save the current document as a template.</para> <procedure> <step> <para>When the document is a completed template, Select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Template From Document...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para> <para>This brings up a dialog:</para> <screenshot> <mediaobject> <imageobject><imagedata fileref="savetmpl1.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject> </mediaobject> </screenshot> <para>This dialog helps organize the templates into groups (categories).</para> </step> <step><para>Select the group to place the new template into.</para> <note><para>To create a new group to place templates in, simply click the button labeled <guibutton>Add Group</guibutton>. A dialog box will appear asking for the name of the new group. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> and the new group is created.</para></note> </step> <step> <para>Type in a name for the template in the text box labeled <guilabel>Name</guilabel>.</para> </step> <step><para>Select the icon for your new template by using the radio buttons on the right</para> <para>&kword; has a default icon, which is shown below both options.</para> <para>To change the icon, select <guilabel>Custom</guilabel> and a dialog box will appear. Simply select the desired icon using the dialog box. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> when the icon is selected.</para> </step> <step><para>Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para></step> </procedure> <para>Once you have saved the template, the next time you open a document, your new category/new template will appear in the open file dialog.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="template-delete"><title>Removing a template</title> <indexterm><primary>templates</primary><secondary>deleting</secondary></indexterm> <para>To delete a template, follow these steps:</para> <procedure> <step> <para>Select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Template From Document...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para> <para>This will bring up a dialog</para> </step> <step><para>Click on the small plus sign (+) in front of the template group where the template can be found.</para> </step> <step><para>Click once on the template name</para></step> <step><para>Click on the button labeled <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>.</para></step> <step><para>A small dialog box will appear verifying that you do intend to delete the template. Simply click <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>.</para></step> </procedure> <para>The template is now deleted.</para> </sect2> <sect2 id="template-delete-group"><title>Removing a template group</title> <indexterm><primary>templates</primary><secondary>deleting template group</secondary></indexterm> <para>To delete a group of templates, follow these steps:</para> <procedure> <step> <para>Select <menuchoice> <guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Create Template From Document...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menubar.</para> <para>This will bring up a dialog</para> </step> <step><para>Click once on the group name</para></step> <step><para>Click on the button labeled <guibutton>Remove</guibutton>.</para></step> <step><para>A small dialog box will appear verifying that you do intend to delete the group of templates. Simply click <guibutton>Yes</guibutton>.</para></step> </procedure> <para>The group and all of the templates within the group are now deleted.</para> </sect2> </sect1>