Comment 6 for bug 1437502

For anyone ending up here, i lost this feature in 17.04 and need it: quick fix found at https://askubuntu.com/questions/777711/create-new-document-right-click-option-missing-in-ubuntu-gnome/791946

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    1. See if you have ~/Templates folder. Create one if it is missing using command:

        mkdir ~/Templates

    2. Now create an empty file from command prompt:

        touch ~/Templates/Text\ File.txt1

"Create Document" option is back again and you can create a new text file or a new document.

1the backslash is used to tell the shell that the space following it is part of the filename. Since the shell recognizes spaces are delimiters between commands/options/arguments, unless you "quote it" 'quote it' or quote\ it, the shell will treat whatever comes after the space as a separate argument.
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