Next, create a Writer document to be your template and format it the way you want. Start by downloading an empty template extension from the wiki. Creating a template extension doesn’t require any particular programming skills and can take only a few minutes. Instead of having templates scattered all around your hard disk, you can create a template extension and use it to access the templates directly from within. Non-code extensions can come in handy in many situations - for example, if you want to easily exchange your AutoText snippets with other users, or if you want to keep tabs on all your Writer templates. Usually, extensions act as small programs, but you can also build so-called non-code extensions that contain document templates, AutoText snippets, and even gallery graphics. This means that you can easily install them on multiple machines and share them with other users. While you can manually add templates and AutoText entries to your copy of, packing them as extensions makes them portable. Today, we’ll look at ways you can improve the way the office suite handles templates and AutoText. Every day this week we’ll look some of the most useful OOo extensions available.

One of the great features of the current version of is the support for extensions, which allow you to add to the office suite’s functionality.

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