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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d57a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Save a document as a template</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-6d56a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Start a new document from a template</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>Templates
are useful starting points for standard documents because you can preset
them with layout, graphics, and text. For example, if you prepare
a monthly magazine, you can create a template that contains the
layout of a typical issue, including ruler guides, grids, master
pages, placeholder frames, layers, and any standard graphics or
text. That way you can simply open the template each month and import
new content.</p>
<p>You create a template the same way you create
a&#160;regular document; the only difference occurs when you
save the document. When you prepare a template for others to use,
you may want to add a layer containing instructions about the template;
hide or delete the layer before printing the document.</p>
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As, and specify a location and filename.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose InDesign&#160;CS4 Template for Save as Type
(Windows) or Format (Mac&#160;OS), and then click Save.</span></li>
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<li><span>Locate and select a template.</span></li>
<li><span>Select Normal (Windows) or Open Normal (Mac&#160;OS),
and then click Open.</span></li>
<li><span>Save the new document with its own name.</span></li>
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File&#160;&gt; New&#160;&gt; Document From Template.</span></li>
<li><span>In Adobe Bridge, double-click the folder (such as Flyers
or Catalogs) that contains the type of template you want to open.</span></li>
<li><span>Double-click the template file.</span></li>
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File&#160;&gt; Open.</span></li>
<li><span>Locate and select a template.</span></li>
<li><span>Select Original (Windows) or Open Original (Mac&#160;OS),
and then click Open.</span></li>
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