Creating a New Template

Open a blank document, make all the settings changes to font, type, page settings, etc, and then save the settings as a template by choosing save and then Save as type OpenOffice.org Text Template. Note you will need to select this setting from a list that is available.

One major point to make note of: templates can only be applied to new documents while styles can be applied to text that is in the process of being written so keep this in mind as you write.