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- Open a file: missing IDML parts now open with an Import Warnings alert in the release; drop the "not in a release yet" note. - Place: an image placed into a frame leaves Auto-Fit off (0.7.0). - Install, supported systems: add the 32-bit Windows x86 builds and the RISC-V .deb and .rpm; example version 0.7.1. - Set verified: 0.7.1 on every checked page. - docs/user/CLAUDE.md: a regular file pointing to AGENTS.md instead of a symlink. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: Create a new document
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description: Start a new DesignCraft document from a preset or with your own page size, margins and columns.
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order: 10
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verified: 0.7.1
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---
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Choose **File**, then **New Document…** (Ctrl+N), set the page size and margins, and click **OK**.
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Shortcuts on this page use Ctrl. On macOS, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.
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## Steps
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1. Open the **File** menu and choose **New Document…**. On the start screen you can click **New file** instead.
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2. In the **New Document** dialog, pick a **Preset**, or leave it and type your own **Width** and **Height**.
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3. Set **Pages**, and tick **Facing Pages** if you want left and right pages side by side as spreads.
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4. Set **Columns** and the **Gutter** between them.
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5. Set the margins: **Top**, **Bottom**, **Inside** and **Outside**.
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6. Set **Bleed** if the document goes to print.
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7. Tick **Primary Text Frame** if you want a text frame that fills the margins on each page.
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8. Click **OK**.
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## Presets
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The **Preset** list has these page sizes:
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- Print: Letter, Legal, Tabloid, Letter - Half, A3, A4, A5, A6, B5, Business Card, Postcard.
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- Web: Web 1920 × 1080, Web 1366 × 768, Web 1024 × 768.
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- Mobile: Mobile 1080 × 1920, Mobile 390 × 844, Tablet 1024 × 1366.
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Choosing a print preset ticks **Facing Pages**. Web and mobile presets leave it off.
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## Quick start from the start screen
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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.
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## See a finished layout
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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.
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## Next
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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`.
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