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{{DISPLAYTITLE: Adding Template Files to an {{OOo}} Installation}}

You can make custom document templates available to all users or to individual users of an OpenOffice.org network installation. You can also make specific directories for document templates available to these users.

{{Documentation/Caution|Do not give users write permission for template files.}}

===To Add a Template For All Users of a {{OOo}} Network Installation===

# Become root.
# Copy the template to the <tt>''network-install-dir''/share/template/</tt> directory.

===To Add a Template to a Workstation Installation of {{OOo}}===

# Become root.
# Copy the template to the <tt>''ooo-user-dir''/user/template/</tt> directory on the workstation.

===To Add a Template Directory to an {{OOo}} Installation===

# In any {{OOo}} program, choose '''Tools > Options > {{OOo}} > Paths'''.
# In the list of default paths, select Templates, and then click '''Edit'''.
# In the '''Edit Paths''' dialog box, click the '''Add''' button.
# Locate the template directory you want to add and click '''Select'''.
# In the '''Edit Paths''' dialog box, click the '''OK''' button.
# In the '''Options - {{OOo}} - Paths''' dialog box, click '''OK'''.
# Exit {{OOo}}.<br>{{OOo}} saves the template path to the <tt>''ooo-user-dir''/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu</tt> configuration file.
# Copy the code below into the appropriate <tt>Common.xcu</tt> file.
#* To make the template directory available to all users of the {{OOo}} network installation, copy the code into the <tt>''install-dir''/basis<version>/share/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu</tt> file.
#* To make the template directory available to a single user of an {{OOo}} network installation, copy the code into the <tt>''ooo-user-dir''/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu</tt> file.
<source lang="xml">
 <node oor:name="Path">
  <node oor:name="Current">
   <prop oor:name="Template" oor:type="oor:string-list">
    <value>$(inst)/share/template/$(vlang)
      $(user)/template new_template_directory
    </value>
   </prop>
  </node>
 </node>
</source>

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