You can set the default teaser length under Admin/Content management/Post settings in the "length of trimmed posts" field or you can put <!--break--> at the the point in the content where you want the break to be (or at the end for no break. You don't have to get in to the code or template at all. 
<br><br>Or have you already set all that and it still isn&#39;t working?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/18/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Stephen Wills</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:developer@blessedherbs.com">developer@blessedherbs.com
</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I am using the page template to create a home page and the content<br>
body is getting truncated with a &quot;read more&quot; button on it.&nbsp;&nbsp;Can I<br>disable that without hacking code?&nbsp;&nbsp;Do I need to learn how to use<br>Panels already?<br><br>Thanks,<br>Steve<br>--<br>[ Drupal support list | 
<a href="http://lists.drupal.org/">http://lists.drupal.org/</a> ]<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Jean Gazis<br><a href="http://www.jeangazis.com">www.jeangazis.com</a><br><a href="http://www.boxofrain.us">
www.boxofrain.us</a><br><br>&quot;Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.&quot; - André Gide