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Creating and saving project templates
UNICOM Intelligence Author comes with a number of templates that you can base new questionnaires on. The templates (stored as .ptz files) are organized into a number of folders.
Creating a new questionnaire from a template
1 From the menu, choose: File > New, or press Ctrl+N.
This opens the Select Project Template dialog box. The left side of the dialog box lists the available template folders.
2 On the left side of the dialog box, select the required folder. The right side of the dialog box now displays the templates that are contained in the selected folder.
3 Select the template you want to use.
4 Click Select.
Saving a questionnaire as a project template
1 From the menu, choose File > Save As, or press Alt+F, A.
2 Use the Save As dialog box to browse to the folder where you want to save the questionnaire as a template.
3 Select the file extension .ptz.
4 Enter a name for the file and choose Save.
Editing an existing project template
1 From the menu, choose File > Open, or press Ctrl+O.
2 In the Open dialog box select the file extension .ptz and browse to the folder where your templates are held.
3 Select the template you want to edit and then click Open.
4 Edit and save the file in the normal way.
See also
Working with unzipped project templates
Opening questionnaire files