[Bug 10435] Re: Nautilus '~/Templates' folder does not exist

[gQuigs]

For a transition from Windows, some people will expect to immediately be able to right click and create documents.  I know I was expecting it.  

I don't know the specifics but after reading this, I was able to get templates working immediately.  I also don't know enough to understand why this is a default behavior, but having this work is an important tool for making the GUI worth using.  

For example.  Bob is a new user of ubuntu, he copied some folders over from Windows.  The folders are complicated to the say the least.  Three folders copied, A, B, C.  In each of them is folders 1, 2, 3.  Bob can use Nautilus to view the files fine.  But since he creates new files after viewing similar ones he is somewhat annoyed.  He had to start up <program here> and navigate to the folder he is currently in, again.  Then save the file. 

In windows, he just right clicked went to New -> Text Document.
He could easily do it in ubuntu but he has been working around software his whole life and just uses the default.

We need a more powerful default.

Can we have default templates of at least Text Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation, Drawing?

By the way, is the a "All Users" Replacement is Linux/Gnome/Ubuntu/  basically you would through it in there and all users would get it.

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Nautilus '~/Templates' folder does not exist
https://launchpad.net/bugs/10435