Using custom templates

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Using Custom Templates

How to add custom templates into your copy of OpenOffice.org

• Download a template and store it on your computer.
• Click on File -> New -> Templates and Documents to open the “Templates and Documents” panel
• Click on “Organise...” to access the “Template Management” panel.
• Right click on “My Templates” and select “Import Template...”
• Navigate to where you have saved the template and press “Open”.
• The new template will now be visible within “My Templates”
• Press “Close” to close the “Template Management” panel.
• Press “Cancel” to close the “Templates and Documents” panel.

When you want to create a presentation based on this template:

• Click on File -> New -> Templates and Documents to open the “Templates and Documents” panel
• Click on the Templates icon on the Templates and Documents panel
• Find the new template within “My Templates” and press “Open”

Here are some good templates for Impress:

• http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/free-open-office-impress-templates-91.htm
• http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/taxonomy/term/36
• http://technology.chtsai.org/impress/