/text/swriter/guide/templates_styles.xhp formatting styles; styles and templates styles; styles and templates organizing; templates (guide) templates; organizing (guide) Templates and Styles A template is a document that contains specific formatting styles, graphics, tables, objects, and other information. A template is used as the basis for creating other documents. For example, you can define paragraph and character styles in a document, save the document as a template, and then use the template to create a new document with the same styles. Unless you specify otherwise, every new $[officename] text document is based on the default template. $[officename] has a number of predefined templates that you can use to create different types or text documents, such as business letters. Viewing and Organizing Styles in Templates Use the Template Management dialog to copy styles from one document to another. To copy a style, drag it to another template or document.