Chapter 3: Create and Use Template - Class 10 Notes

Create and Use Template - Class 10 Notes

📘 Create and Use Template

🔹 Introduction

📄 A template is a pre-designed document used to create new documents with the same layout and formatting.

🎯 Templates save time and help maintain uniformity across documents like resumes, letters, reports, etc.

🔹 What are Templates?

📝 A template contains predefined formatting like font style, font size, margins, and layout.

📂 Templates are saved with the extension .ott in LibreOffice Writer.

✅ When you use a template, it creates a new document without changing the original template.

🔹 Using Predefined Templates

📁 Step 1: Open LibreOffice Writer.

📚 Step 2: Go to File → Templates → Manage Templates.

📜 Step 3: Choose a category like "Business Correspondence" or "Education".

➕ Step 4: Select a template and click Open to create a new document using that template.

🔹 Creating a Template

✍️ Step 1: Open LibreOffice Writer and design your document with required formatting.

💾 Step 2: Go to File → Templates → Save As Template.

📌 Step 3: Enter a name for your template.

📁 Step 4: Choose a category like "My Templates".

✅ Step 5: Click Save to save your custom template.

🔹 Setting up Default Template

⭐ You can set a custom template as default so every new document automatically uses it.

📑 Step 1: Go to File → Templates → Manage Templates.

🔍 Step 2: Select your desired template.

⚙️ Step 3: Click the arrow next to Open and select Set as Default.

🔹 Changing to a Different Template

🔄 To apply a different template to an existing document:

📂 Step 1: Open your existing document in LibreOffice Writer.

⚙️ Step 2: Go to Styles → Load Styles from Template.

📁 Step 3: Select the template and choose which styles to apply.

🆗 Step 4: Click OK to update the document with new styles.

🔹 Updating a Document

📌 If you change a template, it will not automatically update documents already created from it.

⚠️ Old documents must be updated manually by importing styles.

🔄 To update styles, go to Styles → Load Styles and select the updated template.

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