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+====== Main Menu: File Menu: New Template For ======
+**//Do NOT use: Needs fixing//**
+Use this menu option to **create a new template**.
+===== Quick steps =====
+  - Choose 'File | New Template for ...'
+  - Select the appropriate Entity
+  - In the default template that opens, choose 'File | Save As ...'
+  - Give the new template an explanatory name, always beginning with the name of the Entity, e.g., Expression template.Audio
+  - [[howto:customizetemplate|Customize your new template]]
+  - Save your template before closing it, with: <Ctrl +S>
+===== Detailed Steps =====
+If you want to create a new template, the 'New Template for ...' option allows you to choose the Entity type for the template and customize the default template for that Entity.
+  * Choose 'File | New Template for ...'
+  * Select the appropriate Entity:
+    * Work
+    * Expression
+    * Manifestation
+    * Item
+    * Person
+    * Family
+    * Corporate body
+This opens the default template for the Entity that you picked. The default templates are named as follows:
+  work template TMQ.txt
+  expression template TMQ.txt
+  manifestation template TMQ.txt
+  etc.
+__You should immediately save the default template as a new file__. To do this, select 'File|Save As ...' and assign the new file an explanatory name. We recommend always beginning with the name of the Entity and "template" (e.g., Manifestation template.LP).
+__If you forget to rename the template, any changes made will be lost the next time you use this menu option.__
+Once you rename your new template, you can start [[howto:customizetemplate|customizing]]
+it, and any changes that you made or make in the future, for your new template, will appear any time you use that template.
+Save the template before you close it, using <Ctrl+S>
+If you want to create a new template based on a previous template that has aspects that you would like to copy, then you should start from that existing template instead of from a default template. See [[howto:copyTemplate|How to Copy a Template]].

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