Create new documents

New documents can be created from presets or customised to meet your specific needs. Presets are organised into categories which indicate the type of deliverable and the correct settings for that deliverable. For example, presets for desktop printing (in the Print category) use an RGB colour space, while presets for professional offset printing (Press-Ready category) use a CMYK colour space.

New document
The New Document dialog.

Main Options

These iconified options offer a wide range of starting points. Your selection here affects what will appear in all other areas of the dialog.

New Document Presets list

Document settings

The New Document dialog also presents separate tabs which allow you to customise your current preset's settings.

Document summary

The permanently displayed pane offers a summary based on the settings currently configured from the tab settings.

To create a new document from a preset:
  1. From the File menu, click New.
  2. From the dialog, choose a preset category (e.g. Print, Press Ready, etc.), followed by the page orientation (Landscape/Portrait) and a page size preset (A4 , Letter, etc.).
  3. Click Create.
To create a new document from the last used preset:
  • With the File menu open, press the and select New from Last Preset.

This method bypasses the New Document dialog.

To create a new document from the last used preset:
  • On the File menu, select New from Last Preset.

This method bypasses the New Document dialog.

Customising document presets

Any document preset can be customised. Typically, customising just the page size may be needed with the remaining preset settings kept unchanged.

To customise a preset:
  1. From the dialog, choose a category, followed by the page orientation (Landscape/Portrait) and a page size preset.
  2. Adjust the document's settings using the Layout, Colour, Margins and Bleed tabs. The preset name above the preview window displays an asterisk (*) to indicate the preset has been customised.

The settings will be remembered for future sessions, although you can save the preset to a memorable name for future use.

Add Category To create a new preset category:
Add Preset To save a custom preset:
Update Preset To overwrite an existing custom preset:
  1. Adjust the preset's settings.
  2. Click Save and Overwrite Current Preset adjacent to the preset name.
Rename Preset Remove preset To rename or delete a selected preset:

Do one of the following:

If renaming, enter a new name for your preset and click OK.

Document templates

Document templates can be set up to contain reusable text styles, graphics, and layouts, giving you a file that's ready to go from the moment you open it. From the New Document dialog, you can set up your 'target' template folders to save templates to (File>Export as Template), as well as browse, preview and search for existing document templates.

Document from assets

You can create a separate document from an asset in the Assets panel by dragging one onto the Affinity title bar.

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