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DocumentTemplates element (Site)

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Applies to: SharePoint 2016 | SharePoint Foundation 2013 | SharePoint Online | SharePoint Server 2013

Contains the collection of document library templates that are available for creating document libraries. This collection is listed in the Template Type drop-down list box on the New Document Library page.

<DocumentTemplates>
</DocumentTemplates>

Elements and attributes

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None

Child elements

Parent elements

Occurrences

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 1

Example

The following excerpt from the Onet.xml file for the standard SharePoint Foundation site definition (STS) defines the document templates that are available by default.

<DocumentTemplates>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" Name="" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_None;" Type="100" Default="FALSE" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_None_Desc;" />
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_Word97;" Type="101" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_Word97_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\word\wdtmpl.doc" TargetName="Forms/template.doc" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_Excel97;" Type="103" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_Excel97_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\xl\xltmpl.xls" TargetName="Forms/template.xls" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_Powerpoint97;" Type="104" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_Powerpoint97_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\ppt\pptmpl.pot" TargetName="Forms/template.pot" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_Word;" Type="121" Default="TRUE" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_Word_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\word\wdtmpl.dotx" TargetName="Forms/template.dotx" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_Excel;" Type="122" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_Excel_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\xl\xltmpl.xlsx" TargetName="Forms/template.xlsx" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_Powerpoint;" Type="123" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_Powerpoint_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\ppt\pptmpl.pptx" TargetName="Forms/template.pptx" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_OneNote;" Type="111" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_OneNote_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\onenote\template.onepkg" TargetName="Forms/template.onepkg" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_FP;" Type="102" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_FP_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\fp\fptmpl.htm" TargetName="Forms/template.htm" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_BasicPage;" Type="105" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_BasicPage_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\blankpgs\_basicpage.htm" TargetName="Forms/_basicpage.htm" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_WebPartPage;" Type="106" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_WebPartPage_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\smartpgs\_webpartpage.htm" TargetName="Forms/_webpartpage.htm" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
    <DocumentTemplate XMLForm="TRUE" Path="STS" DisplayName="$Resources:core,doctemp_BlankForm;" Type="1000" Default="TRUE" Description="$Resources:core,doctemp_BlankForm_Desc;">
      <DocumentTemplateFiles>
        <DocumentTemplateFile Name="doctemp\xmlforms\blank\template.xml" TargetName="Forms/template.xml" Default="TRUE" />
      </DocumentTemplateFiles>
    </DocumentTemplate>
  </DocumentTemplates>