This is the third iteration of 100 paper cuts for this bug and still no
consensus.

The initial bug report assessed something quite simple. The present
design of the Templates is not user-friendly, and Windows converted
users get confused. The obvious solution seemed to be the more useful
for those affected by the bug, that is, the new comers (from Windows
usually). And that is, place a few (max 5?) empty files of the more
common and used default apps (Openoffice, and the like) in the Templates
directory to have those available from the right click menu.

The more savvy users know how to deal with all this and so, it is simple
for them to personalize it. Also, the discoverability of the Templates
functionality has been criticized (and I personally think it is an
important issue), but that probably belongs to a different bug.

In any case, it seems that someone has to take over this to solve it,
one way or another. It's been more than one year and the only thing left
is (as far as I understand) a decision on what exact templates to put in
the Templates directory by default. Is it possible that someone in the
Design or Usability teams can make that decision? It should be a simple
one.

And please, let's keep in mind that the goal of this is to help ease the
transition from Windows and enjoy a very simple and quite popular
feature (easily customizable, also).

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"Create Document" Templates difficult to use
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/372132
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