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How do I fix this. I've downloaded 2 templates and and both of them are completely in XML.. HELP!
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Can you give us the address for the templates, so we can give it a try?

Have you downloaded a .zip file? If so, try to rename it as .oxt and open it with OOo (Tools>Extension manager>Add).

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I renamed the file to .oxt and added it, now it's saying that the media can't be loaded

Can you give the address of the extension?

This is the first one I'm trying to fix...
http://templates.services.openoffice.org/en/node/5105

Change the extension to .ott. Then open it with Writer.

And in addition, you probably should change your Internet Browser, as IE8 can interfere with download extensions, as you have found out.

This is what I get after changing it to .ott

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<office:document-content xmlns:office="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns1.0" xmlns:style="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:style:1.0" xmlns:text="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0" xmlns:table="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:table:1.0" xmlns:draw="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:drawing:1.0" xmlns:fo="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:xsl-fo-compatible:1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"

etc... I don't have the option to change my ie...
I'm not using my home computer

Once you download the file, change the .zip to .ott and open it with OOo.

For the record: [Solved] Internet Explorer Download .odt as .zip file?

Ooooooooo So the whole file gets changed to .ott, not just the content

Renaming a file does not change a single byte. All ODF files (.odt, .ods, .odp, .odg and the templates .ott, ots,...) are xml files in a zip archive actually.