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If you created a page that you want to use multiple times in your yearbook project, you can save that page as a template so you don’t have to go back and recreate the page. In this article we will go over how to save your page as a template, how to edit your template, and how to access last year’s pages.
Create a Custom Template:
Open a page in the EDOnline designer and design your first template. You can edit one of our pre-designed templates, or start from scratch. When you are done, click the green Save button.
Once your page is saved, click on the green drop down arrow next to the save button, and click on Save as Template.
Once you select Save as Template, you will be brought to the screen shown below.
Fill out the Template Type, Pages, and Template name.
Template Types: a standard template is just your basic, editable template. Keep all your templates as a standard template if you want to be able to make edits to it in the feature. Master templates are templates that can not be edited in the future. This is good for use of folios in your book. People Page templates, if built correctly, can be used with an PSPA index to flow your student data.
Pages: Select the page you would like to save as a template. You can select either the right page, the left page, or save both as a spread.
Template Name: Please name your template for later reference in order for the template to save correctly.
Once you have filled out all three fields, click the green Save as Template button.
To find your newly saved template, click the Template button from the left toolbar in the designer.
From the list of categories, click the My Templates & Pages button.
Click on the Templates drop down and the screen that appears is your custom template menu. Note: your most recent templates will appear at the bottom.
Click on your new template from the list, and place it in the desired page of your yearbook. You can either have it place On Top of the content already on the page, or Replace the content.
Editing Your Saved Template:
To edit your custom templates, go to your my templates menu and hover your mouse over a template you wish to edit. In the right hand corner, an Edit button should appear.
When you click on Edit, you will be brought into the template designer. Make the desired changes to your template here and save. You will know you are in the template designer because you will see a pop up in the right hand corner that reads Template Designer. To leave the template editor, select CLICK HERE TO EXIT.
Accessing Last Year’s Custom Templates:
If you made a template last year, and you would like to use it again this year, you can access those templates by going to the Template button in the left toolbar of the designer, and selecting the blue My Templates & Pages category.
Use the drop down menu to select which previous yearbook you would like to import templates from as shown below, and then click the Templates drop down to view all custom templates from that project.
Select the template you would like to use and insert it on the page. Everything on the template will still be editable even though you used the template last year, so you can change it around to fit this year’s needs!
Accessing Last Year’s Pages:
If you would like to use a whole page from a previous yearbook, click on the Template button in the left toolbar of the designer. When the template menu appears, click on the blue My Templates & Pages button in the upper right corner. Select which book you would like to import pages from using the drop-down menu.
Once you have selected the book you would like to import from, a list of all the pages will appear. Click on the page you would like to import into your current yearbook; the page will become your cursor. Click on the page you are working on and designate whether to place On Top of your page or Replace the content. This page will be fully editable once it is placed on the page. Make sure to save your work before exiting!
Please help me . I have uploaded some photos to the 20-21 album but I can no longer access them. It says that my username has not been approved.
Please contact support with the username you are trying to use and we can active it for you for your 2021 yearbook project.