or assign a new metadata profile to an object
with 
. In your personal templates you store custom templates and
metadata profiles for your personal use. These objects are available when you
want to make copies of templates with or assign a new metadata profile to an object
with .
Templates are used as patterns for frequently used types of documents (letters, reports, forms) that usually contain extensive layout and formatting information and possibly calculation formulas. In BSCW, arbitrary objects may also be declared as templates: Surveys, flow folders, tasks and even folders with their entire contents including a subfolder structure.
Metadata profiles summarize metadata attributes of a specific BSCW object type. In addition to the predefined system profiles, you may define your own metadata profiles that you may store in your personal templates.
•Click on 
in the navigation tree to open
your personal template folder.
You can create new templates and metadata profiles in your personal templates.
•To do this, create a new object through the menu. Then you have to edit this object
(e.g. document, folder, survey) so that it can serve as a template.
•Select
the newly created object to create a new metadata profile for a specific object
type.
Of course, you can also copy or cut existing templates and metadata profiles and paste them into your personal template folder.
You can also create template subfolders in your personal
template folder with template ,
where you can also create and store templates and metadata profiles. This way
you can structure your personal templates.
You can make individual metadata profiles and entire
template subfolders accessible to other users with
For more details on handling templates, see 8.4 "Templates and template folders" on p. 120 and on handling metadata profiles, see 4.9.1 Metadata profiles