Creating a template

Open My Templates in the menu on the left and click New template. There are three ways to start.

Describe what you want

Type a description in Describe what you want, for example "An invoice with my logo, line items and a total in GBP", and click Start.

Automette suggests the kind of template that suits it, with the reason: a PDF document that runs to as many pages as the content needs, or a Fixed layout, one image at an exact size such as 1080x1080. Accept the suggestion or choose the other. The editor opens, and the AI builds the first version there. Carry on asking it for changes, or edit by hand.

If you are not sure what to type, click one of the Suggested examples.

Start from a ready-made design

Pick one of the designs shown, or click Browse all templates to see the whole library. The template is copied into My Templates, and everything in it can be changed.

Build from scratch

• Start a blank document opens an empty Typst template. See Choosing a template engine.
• Blank canvas opens the visual editor with an empty page.
• Upload a Word document turns a .docx file into a template. Mark the parts that change with {{field_name}} first; see Word templates.

Template settings

Open the template and click Edit template. In the editor, the Settings tab holds options that apply every time the template is used:

• Name and Description.
• Default output formats, used when nothing else is chosen. See Output formats.
• Render visibility, whether links are secure or public by default. See Secure and public links.
• Filename pattern, the name given to each file. You can use {template}, {date}, {time}, {datetime}, {random}, {index} (the row number in a bulk run) and any field, such as {client_name}. Left blank, files are named {template}-{datetime}-{random}.

For a Word template, click Manage template instead. It has the template's fields and its Filename pattern; see Word templates.

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