"Default template"?

Hi, gang - I'm back again for more of your excellent advice.

I'm suddenly having a very strange problem with Xara. Whenever I try to open a new blank file in it, it gives me an error message saying I don't have a "default template", and I needed to choose a file and save it as a "default template". So I did, but now, I'm stuck with that template - I can't choose a letter-sized blank page to work on because that choice is no longer on the list under "New". What the heck is going on? I just want a blank page to draw on, and now it's not available. Please help!

Create a letter-sized page, opt to save it as a template and check the default checkbox.

Take care, Mike

Hi there TC

sounds like you have maybe lost your default files

quickest way to check is to click on 'save template' in file menu, and just look at what is already there

the attached is the default set - is your set different, if so are there some missing? - or have you created a lot more [which can cause some to 'fall off the radar']

Thanks, Mike, but how do I create a letter-sized page? Thanks!

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Originally Posted by handrawn

Hi there TC

sounds like you have maybe lost your default files

quickest way to check is to click on 'save template' in file menu, and just look at what is already there

the attached is the default set - is your set different, if so are there some missing? - or have you created a lot more [which can cause some to 'fall off the radar']

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Wow, I don't have ANY of that stuff when I open "Save Template". I just have a few bits of art I was working on. I wonder what happened???

Just get a new document on-screen. Right-click and choose Page Options. Change the size to what you want. From the File menu, choose Save Template. On that dialog screen, name the template. On the right side of that dialog, check the "Use as default template" check box. Save the file.

Mike

Oh, save it to the path you see here in the screen shot. You likely are saving the template to the wrong folder.

Take care, Mike

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can you post a screen shot of what your 'Save Template' screen looks like ?

Okay, here's a screenshot of my Save Template function:

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It is possible you accidently clicked on the Save Template rather than the Save option some time in the recent past to save your work and browsed to a folder. This would change the path for your templates and make the actual template files unaccessable. You will need to create a basic setup file and use the Save Template option and browse to the folder shown in Mike's post. This will restore the correct path for the template files.

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Originally Posted by Soquili

It is possible you accidently clicked on the Save Template rather than the Save option some time in the recent past to save your work and browsed to a folder. This would change the path for your templates and make the actual template files unaccessable. You will need to create a basic setup file and use the Save Template option and browse to the folder shown in Mike's post. This will restore the correct path for the template files.

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Thanks so much, but...newbie here...how do I do all that? I'm still very new to Xara...

By doing what Bill wrote ;))

So just make a template. Any template. Navigate to the folder structure for the templates as shown in the screen shot (Win 7, earlier Windows versions will be a little different perhaps) and save the template.

Now can you see the other templates or no?

Mike

Well, I did manage to create a new blank page and save it as a template, and now when I open Xara, that page shows up. But I never could find that list of files or ENG anywhere...wonder why?

Maybe I should uninstall and then re-install Xara to restore those items?

Look at Mike's screen capture in post #7 in this thread, particularly the dropdown inset that shows the full path. The default templates folder should be in the folder in which you installed the application. In your screenshot, the folder has a different name. That's why people have suggested that you accidentally saved some of your artwork in another folder as a template.

AFAIK, the only way for the default template folder to disappear completely is that it got deleted. If it was deleted, then, yes, you will need to reinstall to get it back. Before going to all that trouble, I suggest that you take a look at your application installation folder in Windows Explorer. I think the path shown in Mike's screenshot is the default path. On your system, it's probably similar.

Allison

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Originally Posted by amoore

Look at Mike's screen capture in post #7 in this thread, particularly the dropdown inset that shows the full path. The default templates folder should be in the folder in which you installed the application. In your screenshot, the folder has a different name. That's why people have suggested that you accidentally saved some of your artwork in another folder as a template.

AFAIK, the only way for the default template folder to disappear completely is that it got deleted. If it was deleted, then, yes, you will need to reinstall to get it back. Before going to all that trouble, I suggest that you take a look at your application installation folder in Windows Explorer. I think the path shown in Mike's screenshot is the default path. On your system, it's probably similar.

Allison

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Thanks, Allison. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that. Where can I find the application folder in WE? I looked and didn't see anything related to that.

What's WE?

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What's WE?

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Windows Explorer.

No. Make a template. Use the Save Template... command from the file menu in Xara. Navigate that way.

But. What operating system--version of Windows--are you using?

Mike

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Originally Posted by mwenz

No. Make a template. Use the Save Template... command from the file menu in Xara. Navigate that way.

But. What operating system--version of Windows--are you using?

Mike

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Vista Home Premium.

I don't have Vista, but the path will be similar to my screen shot.

Have you tried making a template, use the Save Template command from inside Xara and navigating to the folder structure as seen in my screen shot?

Mike

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Originally Posted by mwenz

I don't have Vista, but the path will be similar to my screen shot.

Have you tried making a template, use the Save Template command from inside Xara and navigating to the folder structure as seen in my screen shot?

Mike

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Well, here's what happens when I open the Save Template command. It's kind of confusing to me:

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I looked at your file, looks like you are saving to the wrong place. In my case the Xara folder is on the c drive, Since I am running 64bit windows 7, mine is c/program files (x86)/xara/Xara_Designer Pro_7/templates/ENG.

Yeah, that's because you already have used the Save a template command, navigated out of Xara's folder structure, saved the template to the folder your screen shot shows and now Xara wants/expects to find them there.

You have to pay attention to the screen shot folder structure in this image:

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1. Then You HAVE to navigate to your C: drive as shown in your screen shot.
2. Then to the "Program Files" folder (which may be differently named than mine as I am using a 64-bit computer).
3. Then you need to navigate to the "Xara" folder.
4. Then to the named version of Xara you are using. In my screen shot it shows the folder for Xara Designer Pro 7. If you are using a different version, it will be named differently.
5. Then you need to navigate to the Template folder.
6. Then, as in my case, you need to navigate to the ENG folder.

You should then see all your other folders.

Take care, Mike

That's exactly my setup to Mike. Thanks.

you can find the templates folder by going into your program files, choose Xara, open that, choose the version of Xara you have, open that, choose templates, you should see ENG, open that and you should see the list of templates.