Sub NewDocFromTemplate
     Dim myFileProp(0) As New com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
     oDesktop =   createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.Desktop")
     sSourceFile = "/home/[username]/Documents/brief.ott"
     myFileProp(0).Name = "AsTemplate"
     myFileProp(0).Value = True
     oDocument = oDesktop.loadComponentFromURL( sSourceFile, "_blank", 0, myFileProp() )
End Sub