The Design Wizard allows you to create a new design from a template or from a blank layout quickly and easily. Templates are just design files with special text objects in them that are replaced with information provided by the user when the template is used. It's easy to create a new template or modify an existing one to meet your needs.
Creating a New Template
Once your design is created (blank or from another template) you can include any text, graphics or shapes plus an optional background in the template. These objects become part of the design, unchanged, when it is created from the template.
The following text objects are recognized by the Design Wizard as replaceable fields. These objects are replaced with the template information when a design in created using the Design Wizard. For example, if you place a text object
These objects must be in upper case.
NAME
FROMNAME
COMPANY
TITLE
ADDRESS
RETADDRESS
PHONE
ALTPHONE
OTHERPHONE
MOBILE
PAGER
FAX
EMAIL
EMAIL2
WEBSITE
COVERTEXT
INSIDETEXT
MEDIATITLE
MEDIAAUTHOR
MEDIADESCRIPTION
MEDIACONTENTS
USER1
USER2
USER3
USER4
USER5
USER6
USER7
USER8
TIP: The USER1 - USER8 objects can be renamed in the template so they appear with any label you want instead of USER1, USER2, etc. This gives your template a cleaner appearance in the Design Wizard. To rename the USER1object to Product use the following text in the template in place of USER1:
{-USER1=Product-}
After you save the template and open it in the Design Wizard you will see "Product" in place of USER1. You can repeat this process for any of the other USER objects.
Saving your Template
Select File|Save As Template
Once you have your template design created perform the following steps to save it as a template.
1. Select File|Save As Template
2. Enter a Name for the template. This must be a name that can be used as a filename so do not use any special characters.
3. Select the Template Type. This corresponds to the type of paper stock you are basing your template on and allows the Design Wizard to display your template when the corresponding stock is selected.
4. Select the Wizard Type. This tells the Design Wizard which information it should prompt for.
