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Creating a copy of the Domino Directory template
Never customize the default IBM® Lotus® Domino® Directory template (PUBNAMES.NTF). Instead, create a copy of the default Domino Directory template and then customize the copy.

In the following steps, Acme's Domino Directory, ACMENAMES.NTF, and StdAcmeDominoDirectory are used as the title, file name, and template name, respectively, for the copy of the Domino Directory template. Where Acme appears, substitute a name that relates to your company.

1. Choose File - Application - New.

2. Select a server to store the new template.

3. In the Title field, enter:


4. In the File Name field, enter:
5. Select a template server that stores the default Domino Directory template (PUBNAMES.NTF).

6. Click "Show advanced templates."

7. Choose Domino Directory (PUBNAMES.NTF) from the list of templates.

8. Ensure that the "Inherit future design changes" field is checked. Then when a new version of the default Domino Directory template becomes available, ACMENAMES.NTF will inherit the design changes.

9. Click OK. Acme's Domino Directory template is now open.

10. Choose File - Application - Properties, and then click the Design tab (fourth tab from the left).

11. Choose "Database file is a master template," and then in the Template name field, enter the template name:


12. Close the Properties box.

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