Operation Manual
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Document templates
You can use templates to create new documents that share common settings and
design elements. For example, if you need to design a series of business cards
with a similar look and feel, you can create a template with the desired artboard
size, view settings (such as guides), and print options. e template can also
contain symbols for common design elements (such as logos) and specic sets
of color swatches, brushes, and graphic styles.
Illustrator comes with over 200 professionally designed templates, including
templates for letterhead, business cards, envelopes, brochures, labels, certicates,
postcards, greeting cards, and websites.
You can save your artwork in Adobe Illustrator Template (AIT) format to reuse
or share with others. When you select a template using the New From Template
command, Illustrator creates a new document with identical content to the
template, but leaves the original template le untouched.
Two of the many templates included with
Illustrator CS3. You can save any design or
layout as a template by choosing File > Save
As Template.
The icons for Illustrator documents (top) and
templates (bottom) let you know the type of
le before you open it.
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