Create a Template

If you need to generate multiple graphics pages that share a common set of objects, you can create your own page template (from any existing template). You can then use this template to create the required pages with the shared objects, and add individual objects to each.

If you want to delete or change the location of a common object, or to add a new common object, you will not have to change each page; instead, you can change the template. Pages based on that template are automatically updated.

Note: When you create a template, save it in the project directory. It is then backed up when you back up the project. Don't modify the supplied standard templates. When you edit a template, you need to use one of the Update Pages commands (from the Tools menu) to update each page based on the template. The properties of the template are not updated automatically.

Create a Template:

1. Open Graphics Builder.

2. On the File menu, select New.

   Or:

   Select the New button.

   

3. On the New dialog box, click Template.

4. On the Use Template dialog box, choose a Template upon which to base your template (see Page Templates).

5. Choose a Style for the template.

6. If required, select or clear the Linked check box (see Link a Page to a Template).

7. If required, select or clear the Designed for showing title bar check box.

8. Choose the Resolution for the template (see Screen Resolution).

9. Click OK.

Save the Current Template:

10. On the File menu, select Save.

    Or:

    Select the Save button.

11. On the Save As dialog box, select the Project in which to store the template, and its Resolution.

12. Click OK.

    Note: To create a new style for the template, click New. You create a new template style using the New Style dialog box. Enter a name for your new style in the Name field.