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  1. Bug #372132
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Comment 8 for bug 372132

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Daeng Bo (daengbo) wrote : Re: Create Document Templates

Travis, I'm surprised that you marked this bug is marked invalid when the upstream bug doesn't actually close the issue, just the proposed solution. In fact, the answer to this problem was proposed in the linked Ubuntu archives:

"It's perfectly supported as designed. Put some template in ~/Templates
and enjoy. If you want to push it to new users, put it in
/etc/skel/Templates and every new user gets them."

Yeah. That's all it will take. Create three or four new, empty files, and throw them in /etc/skel. No need for a patch like the one in the Gnome archives. This is an easy fix. It's a bug that bugs new users. Upstream DOESN'T oppose templates, just not ones that the standard user can't remove (like in /usr/share/templates), thus spamming his menu.

This is definitely a one-hundred-papercuts bug. Create the files. Otherwise, the "Create Document" menu item should be greyed out when no templates exist in the Templates directory.