Thanks Brian.
On 5/27/2018 6:53 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
At 16:13 27/05/2018 -0400, Vince Bonly wrote:
I went through a process to convert an existing .ods to a .ots . I
used File | Templates | Save, ...
Now, however, I believe that an incomplete/incorrect is shown via the
Splash Screen and/or via File | Templates | Template Management.
When clicking on "Te_m_plates..." at the logo/splash screen, the
Templates and Documents dialogue screen is displayed. I then click on
_T_emplates and then I select My Templates to get a listing within
the Title pane area. Within the listing is shown: IRS Income Tax
Template; that is an incorrect template name/filename. I think it
should be listed as: IRS Income Tax CalculationsTEMPLATE (no space
between Calculations and TEMPLATE).
The complete Windows filename is: IRS Income Tax
CalculationsTEMPLATE.ots, which is what I Saved As into my
/AppData/Roaming/OpenOffice/4/user/template/ folder after removing
numerical data from a spreadsheet named: IRS Income Tax.ods.
I get the same incorrect template name when using File | Templates |
Template Management in the Templates pane, whereas I get the correct
filename shown within the Documents pane.
What am I not doing correctly? I have shut down AOO and restarted AOO
with the same problem. I have rebooted my PC and opened AOO, also
with the same problem.
I think you are perhaps contradicting yourself here. You say you saved
the template in My Templates using File | Templates > | Save... . But
then you say that you used Save As... (presumably File | Save As...)
to save a document file (as a template) to a specific folder - the
"template" folder. These are two different things, and I suspect that
confusion between the two is causing your problem.
No, I did not use File | Save As. Perhaps I have misspoken, made a typo
or experienced an unwarranted PC auto fill. I used File | Templates> |
Save ... while having the revised (blank numerical data) file opened; to
place the new template into AOO's template folder, (%AppData%). I chose
to name the newly created template: IRS Income Tax CalculationsTEMPLATE
(no space between Calculations and TEMPLATE).
In general it is good practice to use the user interface provided and
not to try to take shortcuts that you think or hope will produce the
same effect. So I suggest that you should use File | Templates > |
Save... and that you will see no problem that way. OpenOffice is being
cleverer that you give it credit for here, such that you can give
templates names which are not possible file names in the Windows file
system. Take, for example, a template name containing a question mark:
you can have this, but OpenOffice needs to use an alternative file
name where it saves the template - and does. I suspect that you have
been saving and deleting templates and files and confusing OpenOffice
and possibly also yourself. I'm guessing that the "wrong" name you see
is one your somehow previously ctreated.
I am unclear as to how I managed to make AOO confused about the template
name. In any case, looking forward, I shall make an effort to think of
the %AppData% folder as an Authorized Personnel Only area; perhaps go
there when I need to view template names and/or date of
creation/modified, etc. Maybe also when I have downloaded a template
that then needs to be imported there.
Recommendation:
Close File Explorer and don't meddle in %AppData% unless you really
have to.
Save, organise, and delete templates using the File | Templates
interface.
Delete any wrongly named template there and save it anew with your
preferred name.
