MyDraw Documentation
User Guide / Drawings
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     Create a new drawing

    MyDraw by default opens with the Start screen, to create a new blank drawing or a drawing based on a template. You can also click File at any time, then New, to start a new diagram. The shortcut for New Drawing is Ctrl + N.

     Open a drawing

    To open a drawing click File and then Open or press Ctrl+O from the keyboard. An Open File dialog will open in which you can select the file you want to open. You can also drag and drop a compatible file format to the drawing view of MyDraw and it will open automatically.

    MyDraw also maintains a list of the recently used drawing documents at the right side of the application menu. You can click any of the documents there to open it. You can also use the pin buttons next to each recent document to pin it to/unpin it from the recent documents menu.

    For a full list of the file formats supported by MyDraw, check out the File Formats Overview documentation topic.

     Save a drawing

    To save a drawing click File and then Save or press Ctrl+S from the keyboard. When you save your document for the first time in this way, a Save File dialog will open in which you can specify the name and the type of the file MyDraw should save your diagram to. If you want to save your drawing as a template, select the MyDraw XML Drawing Template format.

    The Save As menu item always shows the Save File dialog and lets you choose a file name and type. The Save As menu item also provides a submenu of commonly used file types that lets you quickly choose a file format to save your document in.

    For a full list of the file formats supported by MyDraw, check out the File Formats Overview documentation topic.

    Note that if you want to preserve all features and formatting of your drawings, you should always save them in one of the MyDraw native formats (NDX or NDB). If you need a drawing in another format, you can then save it to another format, too, but it is recommended that you awlays save it to a native MyDraw format first if you plan to edit it later.
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