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Create Layout Packages with Studio Printing Designer

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When you use Studio Printing to create layout packages, they are saved to your Portal or ArcGIS Online, which you can then share as portal items.

The layouts are automatically converted to ArcGIS Pro layouts when you save them in Designer.

You do not require a Desktop Printing or ArcGIS Pro license to create layout packages in Printing Designer. However, SaaS use with your own Portal requires a subdomain subscription.

To create a layout package in Studio Printing Designer:

1.Go to File > New > Blank Layout Package.

2.Click Create.

The Create Layout Package window opens.

3.Configure the layout package settings, as described in the table below.

Setting

Description

Name

Enter a unique identifier for the layout package.

Share

Specify whether the layout package should be Private, or shared with the Organization or the Public.

Description (Optional)

Enter descriptive text for the layout package. Use this field to summarize the purpose, contents, or intended use.

Default

Select the layout for the Default page. This layout is used for single and series page prints. This page type requires a map frame.

Cover (Optional)

Select the layout for the Cover page. This layout is used for cover page prints as the first page of your document. This page type typically has no map frame.

Overview (Optional)

Select the layout for the overview page prints. This layout shows the extent of the Default pages in the map. An Overview page is used only for series prints. If no Overview layout is available, the Default layout is used.

Legend (Optional)

Select the layout for the Legend page. This layout is used for Legend page prints as the last page of your document. The number of Legend pages depends on the map content and additional client settings. This page type requires a Legend element.

4.Click Create.

5.Configure the layout as necessary.

6.Click Save. The layout package is automatically converted to an ArcGIS Pro layout and saved on your Portal or ArcGIS Online.

7.Share your layout package.

The Printing Designer does not support all available layout items included in the Printing Designer to be used in ArcGIS Pro layouts.

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