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Document
Documents in ConceptDraw are used to store your diagrams, schemes and drawings on your computer. Documents can be of various size and format (A4, A3, Letter) and orientation (portrait, landscape). They can consist of one or more pages, and include links to other documents, files or Internet addresses. ConceptDraw offers many tools for working with documents.
Creating a New Document
To create a new ConceptDraw document you can do one of the following:
a) Choose New Document from the File menu,
b) Click the New Document button on the toolbar,
c) Or use the keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + N
A new blank document will open in a separate window.
Note: By default, each new document is based on the template file Blank Drawing.cdt (located in the Libraries folder). You can choose another template file to base new documents upon - see the Document Templates section for further information.
Creating a Document Using a Template
You can create a new document based on an existing template.
A template file contains a document with all its settings (scale, grid, units of measure, etc.) and a list of libraries that may be useful for this type of document. When you create a new document using a template, a copy of the document in the template is created, and the libraries, listed in the template file, are opened.
Templates may also contain scripts, written in ConceptDraw Basic, and executed once you've opened the template. Such scripts can be used to generate documents automatically. For instance, a script can connect to a database or a spreadsheet, ask questions to the user and create a document based on this information. Using templates helps you to automate the tasks you do repeatedly for new documents - such as configuring document settings or opening necessary libraries. And scripts can automate even the process of creating the document itself.
Templates are especially helpful for documents with some common elements - such as a standard title or a company logo.
To create a document using a template:
- Choose File / Template Gallery, or use the Open button
 on the toolbar to call the standard Open dialog. Set the file type to ConceptDraw Templates (.cdt) to show just template files.
- Select the desired ConceptDraw template file.
Also you can use the hotkey Ctrl + Alt + N
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