1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
index 5ad8ad412..ca3aa0167 100644
--- a/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
+++ b/src/new_fields/Doc.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { deleteProperty, getField, getter, makeEditable, makeReadOnly, setter, u
 import { intersectRect } from "../Utils";
 import { UndoManager } from "../client/util/UndoManager";
 import { computedFn } from "mobx-utils";
+import { RichTextField } from "./RichTextField";
 
 export namespace Field {
     export function toKeyValueString(doc: Doc, key: string): string {
@@ -610,6 +611,9 @@ export namespace Doc {
             Cast(templateField.data, listSpec(Doc), [])?.map(d => d instanceof Doc && MakeMetadataFieldTemplate(d, templateDoc));
             (Doc.GetProto(templateField)[metadataFieldKey] = ObjectField.MakeCopy(templateField.data));
         }
+        if (templateField.data instanceof RichTextField && templateField.data.Data) {
+            templateField._textTemplate = ObjectField.MakeCopy(templateField.data);
+        }
 
         // get the layout string that the template uses to specify its layout
         const templateFieldLayoutString = StrCast(Doc.LayoutField(Doc.Layout(templateField)));