(see also: Templates Overview)
This guide will walk you through creating a new template.
- Open a new document.
- Select a placeholder from the Template toolbar. (right click any Tool Bar and select Template)
- Click and drag the cursor in the design area.
- Adjust the placeholder's attributes in the DesignCentral - Template tab.
You can add objects other than placeholders. Every object available in your software—bitmaps, text, shapes, etc.—can be used in a template.
- From the File menu, point to Templates and then click Save as Template.
Template objects can be masked, colored, and have an effect applied to them.
Custom Job Info Fields
Custom fields can be added to the standard list of fields previously available. These fields can be added in either of two places: a new button on the Job Information dialog, or a new option in the Job Info Template subcategory dropdown menu. Custom fields are added as options to both locations in the UI. They are also saved to the client’s preferences, so they will persist across documents and sessions.
Custom fields function just like any other field. They will save with the document, can be used for making templates, and are even searchable in the Find File tool.
There is no way to remove custom fields in the UI, but if the client needs to, they can be removed manually from the preference file saved at "Application/Jobs and Settings/jobinfofields.pref.”
Note: However, be aware that manually editing this file can cause documents saved under a previous version to lose the custom job info data for those fields.
Resizable Job Information Dialog
Previously, the Job Information dialog box was a fixed size, and when clients entered long values, not all of it would be visible. This dialog box can now be resized as large as the client wants, and the edit box fields will scale to match the window. (Most fields only scale by width, but the Comments and Description boxes also scale in height.)
Note: What previously was the fixed size is now treated as the minimum size.
Template Borders
This is discussed in more detail in “Block Text for Templates (12018)” below, but essentially this adds the capability of defining a border for template fields. This is mainly useful for wrapping text to ensure that longer descriptions, comments, etc. fit and display well when the template is applied.
Block Text for Templates(12018)
A new button has been added to the Job Info template edit tool which allows clients to enable and edit the template border. Many existing template files do not have borders enabled for their placeholders, but this new tool allows them to be enabled (and their dimensions changed) so long text values can wrap within the desired bounds.
After enabling the border, and setting its size, the job information will now wrap within the border as shown in this example.