Otto Manuel Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Hi, I am curious to learn the most effective way to share a template or basis project in a way that would prevent the contents from being overwritten. I other words, is there a way to force subsequent users to opt for the "Save As" command so that the template is preserved and not corrupted by unintended modifications? Is there a way to do this with Affinity templates or do I have to rely on additional back up or archive copies being kept available if a change to the template occurs which requires restoration to the original state? Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Bruce Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Just now, Otto Manuel said: is there a way to force subsequent users to opt for the "Save As" command so that the template is preserved and not corrupted by unintended modifications? That is exactly what happens with a .aftemplate file. Each time you open it you get a new document which has to be saved with a name of your own or the Untitled default name. Make a document with everything you want, size colour space, margins, Master/Parent pages, Actual pages, Document palettes, text styles, even text and images. Then go to File > Export as Template... and save to wherever you would want to have your template files stored. Otto Manuel 1 Quote Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 Affinity Designer 2.4.1 | Affinity Photo 2.4.1 | Affinity Publisher 2.4.1 | Beta versions as they appear. I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Manuel Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 I was about to say "perhaps I am missing something..." but I just went and looked at the save options and realized the source of my confusion. What I found confusing is that when I open one of my templates and want to save some edits I am offered two options: File > Save and File > Save As. I anticipated only having an option to "Save As", but now, if I understand correctly, in this instance the option to Save or Save As are identical or redundant. I have always been hesitant to select "Save" as I assumed it would overwrite the template, and have assumed that anyone could do so. I also had to remind myself, and I hope I recall correctly, that you actually need to File > Export as Template rather than simply save a template. The fact that the "Save", and "Save As" commands displays the suggestion that you can save either an *.afdesign, or *.aftemplate contributed some confusion. I guess I assumed that if you open an .aftemplate that designer will "Save" an .aftemplate by default. There does not seem to be a dialog box method to select a choice to write the .aftemplate rather than the default .afdesign, but I found that if you manually type the .aftemplate suffix Designer will recognize it and not append anything after the identifier. In any event, I am reassured that for the most part the templates function in the manner I had hoped for. Thank you for the helpful information!!! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Otto Manuel said: Is there a way to do this with Affinity templates or do I have to rely on additional back up or archive copies being kept available if a change to the template occurs which requires restoration to the original state? Another option to prevent a file from getting overwritten is to lock the file on system level, for instance in macOS with cmd-i –> lock / or to define it as template in the same window, for instance (if you are in Windows I guess it offers a similar option): 2 hours ago, Otto Manuel said: I have always been hesitant to select "Save" as I assumed it would overwrite the template, and have assumed that anyone could do so. The current Affinity document's file name indicates whether you work in a copy of the template or in the template itself. Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto Manuel Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Yes, I had not looked and realized that opening a file such as "SomeNamed.aftemplate" in Designer resulted in a project known as "Untitled", I just assumed it would have opened as "SomeNamed.aftemplate". I am glad to have figured this out. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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