# Using Templates

Artboard delivers with dozens of templates for backgrounds, blank standard paper, and popular layouts. When you first open Artboard, the Template Chooser is shown by default. Included templates are of varying paper sizes and designs, some of which are sized for poster (tiled) printing or can be shrunk to fit to a single page upon printing.

## Show Hide To Display (or Hide) the Template Chooser when Launching Artboard:

1. Launch Artboard (first time) or choose File > Template > New From Template… from the main menu.
2. Do one of the following:

- Check (or uncheck) 'Show this window at launch' to be presented with the template window each time you open Artboard.
- Open Artboard > Preferences… Options in the main menu and check (or uncheck) 'Show Template Chooser when launching application.'

## Show Hide To Open a New Drawing from Template:

1. Choose File > Template > New From Template… from the main menu.
2. Browse the folders of included templates, or your user templates (if any), and choose a template as desired, or "Cancel" to skip templates.

## Show Hide To Edit Template Files:

1. Open a new file from template.
2. Within any given template, drawing objects are placed on different layers to keep objects organized. Click onto a layer to make it active. Use the Select [s] tool and click an object within the active layer to select it. Add or delete objects using the drawing tools to customize.
3. To edit text, use the Select [s] tool and double-click the text to edit it.

## Show Hide To Create Your Own Templates:

1. Create a new drawing.
2. Choose File > Templates… > Save Copy As Template to create your own template (a copy of the file is stored in the Template Chooser under a folder titled 'My Templates').

## Show Hide To Manage 'My Templates':

To access user-created My Templates files to rename, delete, or back-up your files, they are saved to a special folder.

In Mac OS 10.7 and later:

1. Choose File > Template > New From Template… from the main menu.
2. Click to select a template (it will be highlighted in green when selected).
3. Right-click the selected user template and choose "Reveal In Finder" from the contextual menu.

Alternatively, in Finder hold the OPTION-key down while choosing Go > Library in the main menu. Find the following folder:

Mac OS 10.7 and earlier
~/Library/Application Support/com.mapdiva.artboard/My Templates, where ~ is your home directory

Mac OS 10.8+
~/Library/Containers/com.mapdiva.as.artboard/Data/Library/Application Support/com.mapdiva.as.artboard/My Templates

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