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		vitro on July 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does the New menu even exist for creating new ... Wow. Didn't know of this feature until now. Thank you!

ByThyGrace on July 21, 2021 | [–]

So THAT's what the Templates folder is for... and I never actually bothered to look it up.

The worse part is that it is indeed incredibly useful.

actuallyalys on July 21, 2021 | [–]

I didn't either. To its credit, the Gnome Files program has an explanatory header: "Put files in this folder to use them as templates for new files."

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