Using Canvas X Draw Templates

Using Canvas X Draw Templates

Using Canvas X Draw Templates

Canvas X Draw includes many ready-made templates, and you can create your own template documents. Then, when you use the New command, you can select a template — either one supplied with Canvas X Draw or one you have created — to create a new document based on the contents and configuration of the template.

A template document stores almost all preferences settings, as well as the settings you specify with the Document Setup command, and other document setup options, including the following:

  • Document type
  • Configuration of layers, slides, pages, sheets and frames
  • Settings for rulers, grids, guides, and views
  • Current inks and strokes settings
  • Text styles and default text settings

Canvas X Draw stores some settings with the application and not in particular documents, so these settings are not included in a template document. The settings that aren’t stored in a template include the position of palettes on the screen and the current set of external tools.

If you create a template with a small amount of type, such as for a letterhead, convert the type to paths so the template can be used without particular fonts being available.

To Save a Template Document:

  1. Choose File | New to create a new Illustration, Presentation, or Publication document.
  2. Choose Layout | Document Setup to select measurement units, document size and orientation, and, for Publications, the margins and column layout.
  3. Use the Properties bar to further refine your document settings, if necessary.
  4. Create or import objects that you want to store in the template.
  5. Choose File | Save As or File | Save As Template.
  6. In the Save As Template dialog box, navigate to the Canvas X Draw\My Templates folder.
  7. In the Save as type drop-down list, select CVDTPL - Canvas X Draw Template, or in the Save as Template dialog box, enter tags, if desired, and a destination folder for your template..
  8. Click Save.

To Open a Template Document:

To open a template document, do one of the following:

  • Choose File | Open, then select CVDTPL - Canvas Template from the Format drop-down menu. Select your desired template document.
  • Drag your CVDTPL - Canvas Template to the Canvas X Draw icon in the Dock.
  • In the New Document screen, click the My Templates tab, select your template and press Choose.

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