Someone please confirm (before I bugzilla)... Tools => Options => OpenOffice.org => Paths Try setting 'Templates' path by adding a new path If you choose a path that exists, it fails and if you choose a path that doesn't exist it fails. No matter what you do, it fails Please someone on either F7-x86_64 or F8-x86_64 (both appear to have the problem). i386 version doesn't appear to have the problem. Thanks Craig