After determining the number of page layouts that are needed to produce the kind of output you want, you can add the page layout files to the project. The best course of action is usually to use the factory templates provided by Flare and edit them as necessary. Another approach is to make copies of finished page layouts. After you configure a page layout as needed (adding pages, frames, page size settings, content), you can copy that page layout to create the additional ones that you need. That way, much of the work may already be completed in the subsequent page layouts, with only some tweaking necessary.
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How to Copy and Rename a Page Layout
- Open the Content Explorer.
- Expand the Resources folder, and double-click the PageLayouts subfolder (unless you have stored these files in a custom folder).
- Click on the page layout that you want to copy.
- Press CTRL+C on your keyboard.
- Press CTRL+V on your keyboard. Another page layout is added, with the same name and the words "Copy of" before it. The settings in that page layout are identical to the settings of the page layout that you copied.
- Click once on the new page layout name, so that the main name is highlighted but the file extension is not.
- Type a new name for the page layout and press ENTER.
What’s Next?
After copying and renaming a page layout, you can open the new page layout to modify its settings as needed. See Editing Pages.
