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MyDraw has many drawing templates you can use to create diagrams quickly. The predefined templates are displayed in the Start Screen dialog, which opens when you start MyDraw or click the New menu item from MyDraw's application File menu
Loading a predefined template
To load one of the predefined templates, select it in the Start Screen dialog. At the root level of the dialog you can also select the options
Blank Drawing, to create a new blank drawing and
New from Existing, to create a new drawing from an existing one. For more information about this dialog, check out the
Start Screen topic.
Custom templates
If you want to create a custom MyDrawing template, do the following:
- Create a drawing as usual.
- If you wish, you can use the Predefined Libraries button of the library browser to close the unneeded predefined shape libraries and leave only the ones related to your template. To do this, click the Uncheck All button placed below the list of shape libraries, check the ones you will use in your drawing and click OK.
- Finally, click the Save As. menu item from the MyDraw's application (File) menu and save the drawing as "Nevron XML Drawing Template (*.ndtx)".
Thus, your drawing template will be created and will appear in the New from Existing option of the Start Screen to be able to create a new drawing based on your custom template.