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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145569" role="paragraph">The default template contains the default formatting information for new text documents. If you want, you can create a new template and use it as the default template.</paragraph>
      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id6414990" role="heading" level="2">To Create a Default Template</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149838" role="listitem">Create a document and the content and formatting styles that you want.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3156101" role="listitem">Choose <item type="menuitem">File - Templates - Save As Template</item>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149283" role="listitem">In the <emph>New Template</emph> box, type a name for the new template.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153409" role="listitem">In the dialog that appears, double-click the "My Templates" folder, and then click <emph>Save</emph>. You will then be prompted for a name; write it and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153140" role="listitem">Choose <emph>File - New - Templates</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149952" role="listitem">Double-click the "My Templates" folder.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149970" role="listitem">Click on the template that you created, and click <emph>Set as Default</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149620" role="listitem">Close the dialog.</paragraph>
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