1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
index e6969d1f3..7a3b965fe 100644
--- a/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
+++ b/src/client/documents/Documents.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { action, reaction, runInAction } from 'mobx';
 import { basename } from 'path';
 import { DateField } from '../../fields/DateField';
 import { Doc, DocListCast, Field, LinkedTo, Opt, StrListCast, updateCachedAcls } from '../../fields/Doc';
-import { Initializing } from '../../fields/DocSymbols';
+import { DocData, Initializing } from '../../fields/DocSymbols';
 import { Id } from '../../fields/FieldSymbols';
 import { HtmlField } from '../../fields/HtmlField';
 import { InkField, PointData } from '../../fields/InkField';
@@ -1981,10 +1981,8 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
         }
     }
 
-    export function GetNewTextDoc(title: string, x: number, y: number, width?: number, height?: number, noMargins?: boolean, annotationOn?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string) {
+    export function GetNewTextDoc(title: string, x: number, y: number, width?: number, height?: number, annotationOn?: Doc, backgroundColor?: string) {
         const tbox = Docs.Create.TextDocument('', {
-            _xMargin: noMargins ? 0 : undefined,
-            _yMargin: noMargins ? 0 : undefined,
             annotationOn,
             backgroundColor,
             _width: width || 200,
@@ -1997,11 +1995,14 @@ export namespace DocUtils {
             _layout_enableAltContentUI: BoolCast(Doc.UserDoc().defaultToFlashcards),
             title,
         });
+
         const template = Doc.UserDoc().defaultTextLayout;
         if (template instanceof Doc) {
+            // if a default text template is specified
             tbox._width = NumCast(template._width);
             tbox.layout_fieldKey = 'layout_' + StrCast(template.title);
-            Doc.GetProto(tbox)[StrCast(tbox.layout_fieldKey)] = template;
+            Doc.GetProto(tbox)[StrCast(tbox.layout_fieldKey)] = template; // set the text doc's layout to render with the text template
+            tbox[DocData].proto = template; // and also set the text doc to inherit from the template (this allows the template to specify default field values)
         }
         return tbox;
     }