T e m p l a t e s
A Chartsmith template is a collection of attributes saved in a file that specifies how a chart should appear. By default, a template contains information about a chart's background, legend, grid, titles, annotations, and series. You can exclude or include any of these categories of information when you create a template. Templates are created from existing charts, and saved in files with the extension ".cstemplate".
Templates provide a way of easily setting the attributes of a chart or number of charts without setting these attributes manually. For instance, it might take several minutes to set the background color, gradient, and image of a chart. Instead of repeating this step every time you need the same background, save the chart as a template. Use Chart->Apply_Template to format the background to be the same as the original chart. You can also use the Chart->Add_From_Template menu item to initialize your charts with the attributes stored in the template, or use the New-Chart Templates feature in Preferences to declare a template that will be applied to all new charts.