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Baseline user docs in docs/user/ (published at getartcraft.com/docs/designcraft), the docs-check and docs-publish workflows, and a "User docs" rule in AGENTS.md. Source notes per page: - index.md: README (intro, features, license), website crafting-apps.ts entry. - getting-started/index.md: crates/ui-egui/src/chrome.rs start_screen buttons. - getting-started/install.md: README Downloads, gh release view v0.6.0 asset list, packaging/windows/designcraft.wxs (Start Menu shortcut), launcher catalog.rs. - guides/create-a-document.md: dialogs.rs newDocument dialog, build.rs PRESETS, menus.rs UI_COMMANDS, chrome.rs start screen. - guides/open-a-file.md: apps/designcraft main.rs open_filters, engine file.rs and interchange.rs docs, lib.rs import warnings test, issue #110. - guides/place-images-and-text.md: main.rs place filters, engine file.rs file.place, dialogs.rs pdfImport, menus.rs placeWithOptions, release notes (#80). - guides/export-a-pdf.md: dialogs.rs pdf_export and apply_pdf_preset, menus.rs. - troubleshooting/app-closes-at-start.md: README graphics backend and logs, apps/designcraft/src/gpu.rs, issues #167, #192, #220, #273. - troubleshooting/get-help.md: README Logs section. - faq/is-it-free.md: README, docs/gaps.md. faq/supported-systems.md: README, release assets. faq/indesign-files.md: main.rs open filters, issues #450, #451, #110. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title, description, order, verified
| title | description | order | verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create a new document | Start a new DesignCraft document from a preset or with your own page size, margins and columns. | 10 | 0.6.0 |
Choose File, then New Document… (Ctrl+N), set the page size and margins, and click OK.
Steps
- Open the File menu and choose New Document…. On the start screen you can click New file instead.
- In the New Document dialog, pick a Preset, or leave it and type your own Width and Height.
- Set Pages, and tick Facing Pages if you want left and right pages side by side as spreads.
- Set Columns and the Gutter between them.
- Set the margins: Top, Bottom, Inside and Outside.
- Set Bleed if the document goes to print.
- Tick Primary Text Frame if you want a text frame that fills the margins on each page.
- Click OK.
Presets
The Preset list has these page sizes:
- Print: Letter, Legal, Tabloid, Letter - Half, A3, A4, A5, A6, B5, Business Card, Postcard.
- Web: Web 1920 × 1080, Web 1366 × 768, Web 1024 × 768.
- Mobile: Mobile 1080 × 1920, Mobile 390 × 844, Tablet 1024 × 1366.
Choosing a print preset ticks Facing Pages. Web and mobile presets leave it off.
Quick start from the start screen
The start screen also shows a tile for each print preset under Start a new document. Click a tile to make a document at that size with no dialog.
See a finished layout
Click Open sample magazine on the start screen. It opens a magazine with a cover, styled pages, threaded columns, text wrap and swatches, which is a good way to see what DesignCraft can do.
Next
Save your work with File, then Save (Ctrl+S). The first save asks where to put the file and suggests a name ending in .designcraft.