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Under the menu item Layouts you will find templates for your page design with placeholders for one or more images. A layout can be applied to a double page as well as to a single page.

The layouts in the Toolbox are sorted by format and number of images.

Using layouts

To apply a layout to a page, drag it from the Toolbox to an open page in the Page editor.

If the page is a double page, you can drag the layout to the left and/or right side in the Page editor.
If you want to apply a layout to fill the format of an open double-page spread, double-click the layout in the Toolbox or drag it to the page thumbnail in the Page overview.

If the page is empty when you insert the layout, empty placeholders are created with the selected arrangement. You can then fill the placeholders with images.

Images will automatically fit into the new layout if they already exist on the page. If all the images are on one side of the double page and you double-click to insert a layout, the images will be spread across both sides.

Excess images will be removed if there are more images than the new layout allows.

Modify a layout

The arrangement of the placeholders can be changed by moving them in the Page editor. The size of the placeholders and the rotation angle can also be changed.

To replace an existing layout on a page, drag the new layout from the Toolbox onto the existing layout of the open page in the Page editor.

In a layout, not all placeholders have to be filled. You can leave placeholders empty or select them individually and right-click to cut or delete them. Empty placeholders are not displayed in the output.