How to Create and Open a Print Template

The following sections explain how to create and apply a template, as well as how to create and open a print project file. Read more about the difference between a template and a print project.

Create a template

If you adjust the current template in a way that you think you will use again in the future, you can save time by saving the current layout to a new template file.

In the future, when you want to use this layout, you can select the template and then print your results.

From GeoVista's Main Menu, select File | Print Preview to open the GeoVista Print Layout Tool.
Modify the current template (page size, author's block, legend, scale, etc).
From the GeoVista Print Layout Tool's main menu, select File | Save to open the Save As dialog box, where you can save your changes as a new print template file (*.mdrGeoVista print layout (template) files) or a new print project file (*.gppGeoVista print project file).
Select File | Exit to close the GeoVista Print Layout Tool and return to GeoVista's main interface.

Open a print template

From GeoVista's Main Menu bar, select File | Print Setup to open the Print Setup dialog box.
In the Print Options tab's Select Layout section, select Template.
Select your template from the list. If your template is not in the list, click the <Folder> button to search for your template.

Click <OK> to set the selected template as GeoVista's default template.

What you set in the Print Setup dialog box becomes GeoVista's default setting for all future print jobs. If you close and then reopen the GeoVista's software, your selected template will still appear as the default.

Open a print project file

Follow these steps to open a print project file:

From GeoVista's Main Menu, select File | Print Preview to open the GeoVista Print Layout Tool.
From the GeoVista Print Layout Tool's main menu, select File | Open to launch the Open dialog box, where you can locate the print project file (*.gppGeoVista print project file).
Select the file and click <Open> to return to the GeoVista Print Layout Tool.

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