When we work with CorelDraw we can use a large number of templates that can simplify the work we are doing. But what if we told you that you can create and customize your own templates. Because our goal is that you know all the functions that this application offers. We bring you the following tutorial that will teach you how to create or design a custom template in Corel Draw, very easy.
It is also possible that the templates that are pre-established in the program do not meet the needs of certain projects that you must carry out. In this sense, Corel Draw offers you the possibility of creating custom templates. But first, we want to show you how easy it is to reflect, tilt, scale and position objects with Corel Draw.
How to create or design a custom template in Corel Draw
When we create and save a template, although we can also use templates for free, it may contain certain data that will be used for reference. For example, the folds, the number of pages, the category or notes that you want to add. We must do this to organize our templates and find them faster.
When a template is made we can not only add objects such as images, texts, vectors or artistic media. You can also specify certain characteristics, such as color palette, page layout, font, etc. In the next template that we are going to create, we are going to customize the footer and header.
To create or design a custom template in Corel Draw, what we must do first is create a blank sheet. And we configure the design of the sheet to be preferably A4, vertical orientation. Then we must include the guidelines, for this, we must select the Options icon on the properties bar and add the horizontal and vertical guide parameters.
Now we must add the elements that will be in the header and footer, in the header we can put a vector that can be a drawing. You can also place a text or a company logo. And you can also add lines using the two-point line tool, found in the Tools menu.
You can also use the Artistic Medium tool, to make it look better, once we have finished creating our template, we must save it. But first, we must configure the printing options and the color palette options. After that step, we are going to go to the File tab and then click Save as template.
How to save the custom template that we have created in Corel Draw
Now in the save window, we name the template and the type will be saved as Corel Draw template CDT. By default, the program saves the template in the Templates folder. But we can group our templates in another folder, so that it is easier to locate them and have them all in the same place, to finish we click on Save.
The last step will be to specify the Properties of the template, here we can put a name to the template. We can also add data such as Faces, Types, Category, Sector, Folds and Designer Notes. When we have added all this information, we click on the Accept option and in this way we have created our custom template.
When we start a job and need to find a template that we have created, we simply go to the File tab of the main menu. Then we click on the New with template option, we wait for the window to appear and in it we will see that there is a new category called My templates.
We click on this option and all those templates that we have created will appear, we select the template we need and click Open. And in this way, we have concluded a very interesting tutorial that will help us a lot with the development of templates. And in a very simple way, we learned how to create or design a custom template in CorelDraw.