NOTE: To access the block in your guidelines, install it first from the Marketplace

Switch to edit mode by toggling the pen icon in the Power Bar (alternatively ctrl+e/ command+e). Click the add button, and choose the Template block from the list.

Once your guideline is populated with the Template block, you can click on "+ Choose existing template" and add a template that you have already set up within the Digital and Print Templates. You can read more about setting up templates here.

Alternatively, you can add the Template when clicking on the cogwheel and browsing for a template in the right-side settings panel.
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The Template block allows for a wide possibility of customization through the block settings so it can seamlessly fit with your brand identity and your guidelines.

The Template block offers the possibility to showcase a template preview directly in the guideline. For this, choose the "Template" option.

Alternatively, you can add custom preview images uploaded from your device or chosen from your Frontify libraries.

Finally, you can also choose not to show a preview.

You can also customize the preview layout and style in the settings.

In the layout section, change the position, ratio, or anchoring.

In the style section, you can customize the look and feel of the block and the connected information so it fits into your guidelines and with your brand identity perfectly.

You can change the text of the button - that leads to template creation - displayed within your Template block. The button will have the same styling as the secondary button you have set in your guideline design settings. You can access this from the Sidebar > Settings > Design > Buttons

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our support team.

Now, users can edit your Templates in a simple way, directly in your Guidelines. To enable this in edit mode, select "Simple" as a template editing option in your block settings. Please note that when you add a new template to the Template block, the default setting is the "Advanced" editing mode.

In this simple editing mode, users can edit the templates directly in the Guidelines.

Now when clicking on the "Use this template" button in the example, the editors can edit the template directly in the Guidelines.

Here, you can change the following properties:

Edit your template on the right-hand side and create simple variations without approval flows.

When your publication is ready, export it in one of the formats predefined in your template.

We hope you have found this article helpful.