Working with templates

A template is a set of styles and page layout settings that govern the layout and appearance of a drawing. You can use the default template (CorelDRAW.cdt) or choose one from a wide variety of preset templates available in the application. For information on starting a drawing from a template, see “Starting and opening drawings” on

page 29. If none of the preset templates meets your requirements, you can create a template based on styles you create or styles taken from other templates. For example, if you regularly put together a newsletter, you can save the newsletter’s page layout settings and styles to a template.

When you create a new drawing using a template, CorelDRAW formats the page using the template’s page layout settings and loads the template’s styles in the new file.

You can edit a template by making changes to the styles, page layout settings, or objects. For example, if you like a template but want to make it more versatile, you can add styles that you’ve created or that you’ve taken from another template. For information about setting page layout options, see “Specifying the page layout” on page 193. After you have started a drawing with a template, you can load a different template. When you load a template, you can choose to load just the styles or to load styles, page layout settings, and objects.

Use a template for drawing designs that you want to reuse.

To create a template

1Click File ` Save as.

2Type a name in the File name list box.

3Choose CDT - CorelDRAW template from the Save as type list box.

4Locate the folder where you want to save the template.

5Click Save.

To edit a template

1Click File ` Open.

2Choose CDT - CorelDRAW template from the Files of type list box.

3Locate the folder where the template is stored.

4Double-click a template filename.

5In the Open dialog box, enable the Open for editing check box.

To preview the contents of a template, enable the Preview check box.

To create a new file based on a saved template

1Click File ` Open.

2Choose CDT - CorelDRAW template from the Files of type list box.

3Locate the folder where the template is stored.

4Double-click a template filename.

5Enable the New from template check box in the Open dialog box.

If, in addition to loading the template’s styles, you also want to load page settings and objects, enable the With contents check box.

To load styles from another template

1Click Tools ` Graphic and text styles.

2In the Graphic and text styles docker, click the flyout button , and click

Template ` Load.

3Locate the folder where the template is stored.

4Click a template whose styles you want to load.

5Click Open.