# How did I do this? An OpenOffice question.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 7, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530 "2010-08-07T18:15:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530/1 "2010-08-07T18:15:46Z")

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I, way back when, formatted a page in OO. I wanted a table, and, by gar, I got it! I know how to do that…now, I’m wondering how I managed to save the table to be my permanent default, whenever I open this particular file.  
Can you help?

Thanks,  
jj

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530/2 "2010-08-08T21:23:50Z")

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I don’t understand; if you create a table, why would it **not** be a table every time you open the file? Are you saying that when you delete the table, or convert it to text, and save the file, there’s a table again when you open the file?

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530/3 "2010-08-09T13:58:31Z")

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> [@Nametag](#):
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> I don’t understand; if you create a table, why would it **not** be a table every time you open the file? Are you saying that when you delete the table, or convert it to text, and save the file, there’s a table again when you open the file?

Well, what I meant was that if I do a Control-A, then delete, it doesn’t include the table.

That’s fine with me, but I just can’t remember how I did it!

Best wishes,  
hh

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**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530/4 "2010-08-09T14:00:44Z")

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OO lets you save the documents as ‘templates’

Then when you open a new document you can choose one of your personal templates.

Is that what you mean?

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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-do-this-an-openoffice-question/549530/5 "2010-08-09T16:39:49Z")

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That did 'er!  
Thanks,  
hh