How to override Blank Page template with custom styles

By default, in the BIRT Designer (2.3.1), when selecting a new Blank Report,
you get a report with default(no-styles), and the date/time
at the footer.

If you'd like to modify this template, this can be done quite easily:
A simple way to do this is to modify blank_report.rpttemplate

It is located here:
BIRT_DESIGNER_INSTALL/plugins/org.eclipse.birt.resources_2.3.1..../templates/blank_report.rpttemplate

Now edit the file and add your template. The example below
overrides the crosstab colors/styles and adds a few more custom built styles.

    in
    WizardTemplateChoicePage.message.BlankReport
    WizardTemplateChoicePage.title.BlankReport
    /templates/blank_report.gif