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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Hi Christopher</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">I am running Windows 7.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">The document that I wish to save as a template is in a directory:</span></font></div>
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<span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Southcroft\Bible Reading Group\</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">The file is </span><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>Flyer_A5x2p.sla</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Having saved it, I tried to </span><span style=" font-size:10pt">
<i>Save as Template</i></span><span style=" font-size:10pt"> and dialog box came up</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">I had made a directory in the templates folder </span><span style=" font-size:10pt">
<i>flyer_A5x2p</i></span><span style=" font-size:10pt"> , selected that and clicked </span><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>OK</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">The error message was </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Thanks</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Date sent: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:27:24 +0100</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">From: "Christoph Schäfer" <christoph-schaefer@gmx.de></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">To: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus@lists.scribus.net></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Subject: Re: [scribus] Problems with Templates</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Send reply to: "Scribus User Mailing List" <scribus@lists.scribus.net></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> Hi David,</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > Hi,</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > I am trying to save some files as Scribus Templates but I get a</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> message</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > saying that the </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > program can't collect the template. Why is this please?</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> TBH, this doesn't seem to make sense. Would you mind being more</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> specific, especially quoting the error message you see, as well as a</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> step-by-step description of what you did to trigger the error? It</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> would also help to know where the files used in your document are</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> located (e.g., local directory, network directory, external storage</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> medium etc.).</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > Also, when I look at New from Template, there are certain</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> categories of</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > Template. Can one </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> > add to the categories?</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> Yes, that's possible, but unfortunately not via the Scribus UI (the</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> template dialog is in need of an update). There is an XML file</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> called template.xml, whose location depends on the operation</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> system/distro you are using. You can edit this file using a text</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> editor to add a new category.</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> HTH,</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> Christoph</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> </i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> ___</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> Scribus Mailing List: scribus@lists.scribus.net</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> Edit your options or unsubscribe:</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> See also:</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> http://wiki.scribus.net</i></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt"><i>> http://forums.scribus.net</i></span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Regards</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">David Merritt</span></font></div>
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