User guide

9. Click Add to Custom Colors.
10.Click OK.
Templates and color
The background and foreground colors in a template from the template pop-up palette are not used when the template
is drawn in a document window. However, other colors in the template are added to the color palette of the document
if they are not already present. For more information, see "Autoscaling" on page 237.
Saving color palette settings
You can save the color palette in a style sheet. The color palette is saved with other document settings such as page
setup settings, text settings, and drawing settings.
Printing background color
To change whether the background color is printed:
1. Go to File>Preferences.
2. Select or de-select Print Background Color on the General tab.
3. Click OK.
Document settings
ChemBioDraw 13.0 includes a library of document settings based on those found in many well-known scientific pub-
lications. For example, some journals may require submitted articles be formatted with specific margins, fonts, page
size, etc. If you plan to submit your document to a specific journal, open in ChemBioDraw 13.0 the style sheet for that
journal. You can also create style sheets of your own.
Note: The changes you make to the document settings is reflected only in the current document and is not avail-
able throughout the application.
To create your own style sheet:
1. Create a new document.
2. Enter the settings in the Page Setup, Drawing, Text Settings, and Color palette dialog boxes.
3. Go to File>Save As.
4. In the Save As dialog box:
a. Select the ChemBioDraw 13.0 style sheets file format.
b. Type a name for the document.
c. Save the template in the ChemDraw Items folder.
5. Click OK.
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