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Chapter 14: Templates Templates are formatted text shapes that can be repeatedly sewn while changing the text that they contain. By using templates, the format of a text shape in a design that you have created can be reused without recreating the design or reformatting the text shape each time you change the text. s Creating a template To create a template: 1 Using the Move tool ( ), select the formatted text shape that you wish to specify as a template. "Danc- ing ants" (moving dashes) appear around the shape. 2 Click the Text Properties button ( ) in the Text bar. The Text tab of the Text Properties dialog box appears. 3 In the Template group box, select the Enabled check box. A check mark will appear. 4 In the Label box, type the desired label for the text shape. 5 Click the OK button. s Entering template text data To enter the text: 1 On the Edit drop-down menu, click Template Data. The Template tab of the Template Data dialog box appears. Figure 69 2 In the cells below the appropriate template label, type the text. NOTE: In the grid, each column label indicates a template. The text entered in the cells below each column label will replace the original text in that template. Each row represents a design, which will include all templates that have text entered in the cell. Press the Tab key to move to the next cell in the grid; hold down the Shift key while pressing the Tab key to move to the previous cell in the grid. 3 Click the OK button. s Editing template text data In the Template tab of the Template Data dialog box, the following operations and buttons are available for editing the template data: x To select all rows and columns, including empty cells, click the empty cell in the top-left corner of the grid, directly above the cell for row number 1. x To select an entire column including empty cells, click the column label. x To select an individual row, click the row number. 35

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Templates are formatted text shapes that can be repeatedly sewn while changing the text that they contain. By
using templates, the format of a text shape in a design that you have created can be reused without recreating
the design or reformatting the text shape each time you change the text.
■
Creating a template
To create a template:
1
Using the
Move
tool (
), select the formatted text shape that you wish to specify as a template. “Danc-
ing ants” (moving dashes) appear around the shape.
2
Click the
Text Properties
button (
) in the
Text
bar. The
Text
tab of the
Text Properties
dialog box appears.
3
In the
Template
group box, select the
Enabled
check box. A check mark will appear.
4
In the
Label
box, type the desired label for the text shape.
5
Click the
OK
button.
■
Entering template text data
To enter the text:
1
On the
Edit
drop-down menu, click
Template Data
. The
Template
tab of the
Template Data
dialog box appears.
2
In the cells below the appropriate template label, type the text.
NOTE:
In the grid, each column label indicates a template. The text entered in the cells below each col-
umn label will replace the original text in that template. Each row represents a design, which will
include all templates that have text entered in the cell.
Press the Tab key to move to the next cell in the grid; hold down the Shift key while pressing the
Tab key to move to the previous cell in the grid.
3
Click the
OK
button.
■
Editing template text data
In the
Template
tab of the
Template Data
dialog box, the following operations and buttons are available for edit-
ing the template data:
◆
To select all rows and columns, including empty cells, click the empty cell in the top-left corner of the grid,
directly above the cell for row number 1.
◆
To select an entire column including empty cells, click the column label.
◆
To select an individual row, click the row number.
Figure 69
Chapter 14: Templates