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## <a name="Overview"> Overview </a>
-The new modular template system offers flexible, easy control over the layout of all TWiki pages. The master template approach groups parts that are shared by several templates - like headers and footers - in a common file. Special variables allow individual layouts to include parts from a master template - variables are mixed with regular HTML mark-up for template-specific content.
+The new modular template system offers flexible, easy control over the layout of all TWiki pages. The master template approach groups parts that are shared by several templates - like headers and footers - in a common file. Special variables allow individual layouts to include parts from a master template - variables are mixed with regular HTML mark-up for template-specific content. Templates are used to define page layout, and also to supplydefault content for new pages.
## <a name="Major_changes_from_the_previous_"> Major changes from the previous template system </a>
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* **HTML Page Templates**: Defines layout of %WIKITOOLNAME% pages
* **Template Topics**: Defines default text when you create a new topic
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### <a name="HTML_Page_Templates"> </a> HTML Page Templates
%WIKITOOLNAME% uses HTML template files for all actions like topic view, edit, preview and so on. This allows you to change the look and feel of all pages by editing just some template files.
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Special variables are used in templates, especially in `view`, to display [[TWikiMetaData]].
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### <a name="Template_Topics"> Template Topics </a>
Template topics define the default text for new topics. There are three types of template topics: