Creating Word Templates

Creating Word Templates#

To create a new Word template, merge an existing Word document of your choice with a special XML file using the OpenDoPE authoring tool plug-in for MS Word.

You can retrieve the OpenDoPE plug-in for MS Word here: Http://www.opendope.org/downloads/authoring-friendly/setup.exe. After installation, you will have a new tab in the top menu ribbon called “Authoring”.

To add fields to your own document that are filled with content from the wiki, proceed as follows:

In MS Word, open the document you want to use as a template.

Click on the “Authoring” tab in the menu area.

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In the menu ribbon, click on “Replace XML”. Choose to copy the content of an existing XML into the Word document. You can find the file in the TRACK_HOME/wordTemplatesDirectory. It is the only XML file there.

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Now you can drag the desired fields into your document and format them according to your wishes.

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To make the template generally available, you can upload it when loading a document to the server (see Export Documents).