diff --git a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Impress.xcs b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Impress.xcs
index 16634f58b32a..2876a2909308 100644
--- a/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Impress.xcs
+++ b/officecfg/registry/schema/org/openoffice/Office/Impress.xcs
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@
             <desc>Indicates whether to show the autopilot when creating a new presentation.</desc>
             <label>Start with AutoPilots</label>
           </info>
-          <value>true</value>
+          <value>false</value>
         </prop>
         <prop oor:name="Layout" oor:type="xs:boolean">
           <!-- OldPath: Impress/Other/New_Doc -->
diff --git a/sd/source/ui/app/optsitem.cxx b/sd/source/ui/app/optsitem.cxx
index d5eec0ab49aa..666ea0d5c62f 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/app/optsitem.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/app/optsitem.cxx
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ SdOptionsMisc::SdOptionsMisc( sal_uInt16 nConfigId, sal_Bool bUseConfig ) :
                       OUString() ),
     nDefaultObjectSizeWidth(8000),
     nDefaultObjectSizeHeight(5000),
-    bStartWithTemplate( sal_True ),
+    bStartWithTemplate( sal_False ),
     bMarkedHitMovesAlways( sal_True ),
     bMoveOnlyDragging( sal_False ),
     bCrookNoContortion( sal_False ),