Scribus Forums

Scribus => Beginner Talk => Topic started by: graybeard76 on July 31, 2026, 11:34:12 PM

Title: New document from my created templates
Post by: graybeard76 on July 31, 2026, 11:34:12 PM
I am trying to learn Scribus to create newsletters for our little non-profit group. 
I started creating a template (that I need to edit more). 
I see the Scribus installer created two template directories,
  ...users\...\Documents\Scribus, and
  C:\Program Files\Scribus 1.6.5\Templates-mine. 
But copying my template into either of those directories did not cause it to show up in the list of available templates.  How do I get Scribus to see my created templates when I goto "New from Template"?
Title: Re: New document from my created templates
Post by: utnik on August 01, 2026, 08:06:52 AM
hi graybeard76

try 'file' → 'safe as template'.

utnik
Title: Re: New document from my created templates
Post by: graybeard76 on August 01, 2026, 03:57:56 PM
Thanks.  I thought I had done that last time.  But when I tried that now, it worked.
So, even though a template has the same extension (.sla), just dragging a file of that extension name into the right folder isn't enough?  I see it created a few other necessary files by doing 'save as template'?
Title: Re: New document from my created templates
Post by: keen234 on October 30, 2026, 04:38:16 AM
im having the same trouble, but lowkey i need it in like baby terms!
where do I put the 'safe as template'?
thanks
Title: Re: New document from my created templates
Post by: AdmFubar on October 31, 2026, 01:22:48 AM
You can put them anywhere you like and point scribus to them. I have a directory in my home directory (user) named ScribusDocs. In there i have sub-directories for the projects i'm working on. I also have some of the scribus support directories there as well.

Then in scribus preferences/path option I point scribus to these directories, one of which is for templates.

The reason  i do this is to have easy restore from backups if anything happens to my working home directory.