Saving document templates You can use a special kind of Canvas document, called a template, as the basis for new documents. Canvas 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 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 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. To save a template document 1 Use the New command in the File menu to create a new Illus- tration, Presentation, Animation, or Publication document. 2 Use the Document Setup command in the Layout menu to select measurement units, document size and orientation, and, for Publications, the margins and column layout. 3 Choose Canvas > Preferences to set up preferences for the doc- ument. 4 Create or import objects that you want to store in the template. 5 Choose Save As in the File menu. In the “File Format” (Mac) or “Save as type” (Windows) pop-up menu, choose Canvas Tem- plate and click Save. For more information, see “Saving Canvas documents” on page 10.97. Tip 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. Tip For Mac OS 9, choose File > Preferences to set up prefer- ences.
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