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    <link type="guide" xref="files#faq"/>
    
    <desc>Quickly create new documents from custom file templates.</desc>
    
    <revision pkgversion="3.2" date="2011-10-09" status="candidate"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Anita Reitere</name>
      <email>nitalynx@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
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  <title>Templates for commonly-used document types</title>

  <p>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.</p>
  
  <steps>
   <title>Make a new template</title>
   <item><p>Create a document that you are going to use as a template. For example, you could make your letterhead in a word processing application.</p></item>
   <item><p>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 doesn't exist, you will need to create it first.</p></item>
  </steps>

  <steps>
    <title>Use a template to create a document</title>
    <item><p>Open the folder where you want to place the new document.</p></item>
    <item><p>Right-click anywhere in the empty space in the folder, then choose <gui style="menuitem">Create document</gui>. The names of available templates will be listed in the submenu.</p></item>
    <item><p>Enter a filename for the newly-created document.</p></item>
    <item><p>Double-click the file to open it and start editing.</p></item>
  </steps>
  
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