Adding templates using the Extension Manager

Getting Started with OpenOffice.org 3

Chapter 3. Using Styles and Templates

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• Applying styles
• Modifying styles
• Creating new (custom) styles
• Copying and moving styles
• Deleting styles
• Using a template to create a document
• Creating a template
• Editing a template
• Adding templates using the Extension Manager
• Setting a default template
• Associating a document with a different template
• Organizing templates
• Examples of style use

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The Extension Manager provides an easy way to install collections of templates, graphics, macros, or other add-ins that have been “packaged” into files with a .OXT extension. See Chapter 14 (Customizing OpenOffice.org) for more about the Extension Manager.

This Web page lists many of the available extensions: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/.

To install an extension, follow these steps:

1. Download an extension package and save it anywhere on your computer.
2. In OOo, select Tools > Extension Manager from the menu bar. In the Extension Manager dialog, click Add.
3. A file browser window opens. Find and select the package of templates you want to install and click Open. The package begins installing. You may be asked to accept a license agreement.
4. When the package installation is complete, the templates are available for use through File > New > Templates and Documents and the extension is listed in the Extension Manager.

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Newly-added package of templates.