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3 Do one of the following:
• Choose Project > Create in Menu > Template or Project > Create in Menu > Style.
• Click Create in the Palette.
The Create Template or Create Style dialog opens.
Select Self-Contained
to copy the assets in this
template or style to its file.
Leave unselected to have the
template or style reference
the assets.
The thumbnail of the
template or style
Select Project to have this
template or style available
to only this project.
Enter the name of the
template or style.
4 Enter a name for the template or style.
5 Select the Project checkbox if you want the template or style to be available only to this
project. Leaving this unselected makes this template or style available to all projects on
this system.
6 Select the Self-Contained checkbox to copy the assets used by this template or style into
its file. This makes it easier to copy the file to another system where it can be imported
by another project.
7 Click Save.
The template or style is now saved and appears in the Palette.
About Self-Contained Templates and Styles
A template or style can use a surprising number of assets. Motion backgrounds and assets
assigned to the button thumbnails can be very large files. In many cases, templates and
styles you create that use motion assets will be specific to a particular project. In these
cases, there is no reason to save them as self-contained.
If you are creating a template or style and want to be sure it will always have the assets
it requires, you can save it as self-contained. In this case, the assets are added to the
template or style’s file. This makes it possible to copy the file to a different system and
still have a working version of it. The drawback is that the file may be very large.
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