Create new documents

The New Document dialog is split into separate tabs which let you customise your current preset or apply more advanced settings.

• From the left-hand side of the dialog, you can choose to work with document presets or templates. From here, you can add a new preset, set a folder for your templates, and import additional templates. Your selection here affects what will appear in all other areas of the dialog.
• If you have chosen to work with presets, the top of the dialog displays document preset categories. From here, you can set the aim and deliverable for your project. As well as Print (RGB desktop printing) and Press Ready (CMYK professional printing), you can work to specific Photo print sizes, specific Web screen resolutions, Architectural drawing sizes, and with the Devices option, design to iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and Nexus document specifications. Your selected category will determine the presets that appear in the main area of the dialog.
• The main area of the dialog displays a range of presets or templates, depending on the option you have selected from the left.
• The Settings pane is available from the right hand side of the dialog, allowing you to customise your document's settings or search through available presets or templates.

With Presets selected, the settings displayed are as follows:

• For Layout:
  • Add New Preset—Click to save Custom settings to a new preset in My Presets category.
  • Preset—Displays the document preset you have selected. If you alter the settings, this will change to Custom.
  • Page width/height—Change these values to make a custom page size.
  • DPI—Sets the resolution of your document. For example, for professional print quality, set your resolution to 300 dpi.
  • Document units—Displays your rulers and object dimensions in pixels, points, picas or using physical measurement units.
  • Orientation—Select whether to display your document in a portrait or landscape orientation.
  • Image placement policy—Determines whether placed images or documents are to be embedded or linked in the document by default.
  • 'Actual Size' Zoom—Sets the device which is mimicked when presenting the document at 'Actual Size' (from the View menu). This option is only available when the document units are set to Pixel, Points or Picas. Select from the pop-up menu.
• For Colour (management):
  • Colour Format—Sets the colour mode to RGB (8, 16 or 32 bit HDR), Grey (8 or 16 bit), CMYK (8 bit), or Lab (16 bit).
  • Colour Profile—Sets the colour gamut for the previously chosen colour format.
  • Transparent background—Check to set your page background to be transparent.
• For Margins:
  • Include Margins—Check to switch on page margins.
  • Inner, Outer, Top, Bottom—Sets the printer margins, showing as non-printable blue lines.

With Templates selected, the settings displayed are as follows:

• Folder—Displays folders designated as template folders; you can export your document as a template (.aftemplate) to this folder using File>Export as Template.
• Add Folder—Designates a folder as a template folder. Templates saved to these folders will show in the main pane.
• Remove Folder—Removes the selected templates folder.
• Show in Finder—Opens the selected templates folder in a new file browser window.
• Show in Explorer—Opens the selected templates folder in a new file browser window.
• Search—Allows you to search for existing document templates. These will be displayed in the main pane of the dialog.
• Preview—Displays a larger preview thumbnail of the selected template, along with its file path (click to navigate to the file's folder location).