Custom Layouts

Modified on Mon, 16 Dec at 2:18 PM

Memento Yearbooks and your publisher offer a large variety of layouts. However, during the year, you may decide to stick some of the layouts that are provided or want to use your own custom layouts.

The custom layouts feature will let you store your own layouts that you can easily access afterword in the Editor to apply into your book and best of all you will be able to reuse those layouts in future books as they will be available for all your books.

Note: You can create up to 5 collections of up to 100 layouts each.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Create a Layout Collection
Edit Custom Layouts
Copy Existing Pages from Your Yearbook to Your Collection
Accessing the Layout Collection in the Editor

Create a Layout Collection

Steps to Add a Layout Collection:

A - Click on "Layouts" from the Book Manager left tab.

B - Click on "Add Layout Collection" to create a new collection.

A - Enter a Name: Provide a name for your layout collection.

B - Select Layout Type: Choose either Single for a page layout or Cover for a cover layout. Most often, you will select Single for single-page layouts.

C - Enable Usage: Turn on the switch when you're ready to use these layouts in your book. You can turn it off anytime if needed.

D - Add Tags: Use tags to organize and classify your layouts, making them easier to find in the Editor.

E - Finalize: When ready, click Add Layout Collection to save your new collection.

Here is an example of a layout collection created with the name "Generic."

Edit Custom Layouts

A - Steps to Edit a Custom Layout: Hover your mouse over a layout collection. An Edit Layout button will appear. Click on the Edit Layout button to open the editor and make changes to your layout.
The page editor will open. NOTE: You will have access to the same tools available when editing your yearbook. For detailed information about using the editor, refer to the Editor section in the knowledge base
If you did not previously copy pages from your yearbook to your layout collection, the collection will contain only one empty page by default. To create new pages manually or duplicate existing ones, you need to check out the layout collection. A - Click on the "DESIGNER" Tab: This tab is only available in the editor for the layout collection and will not appear in the regular Yearbook editor. B - Click on "Check-Out": This allows you to edit the structure of the layout collection. Checking out ensures that only one user can make edits to the layout collection at a time.
A - Add Pages: Click Add Pages to add a new page to your collection. The new page will always be added at the end. B - Duplicate Current Page: Click Duplicate Current Page to create a duplicate of the current page. The duplicate will appear immediately after the original page. C - Remove Current Page: Click Remove Current Page to delete the current page from the collection. These three operations are the only actions available for editing the layout collection page structure.

Copy Existing Pages from Your Yearbook to Your Collection

A - Move the mouse over the page you want to copy to your collection and click on the three horizontal dot menu.

B - A dropdown menu will appear, then click on the Save Page As Layout menu item.

A Save Page as Layout dialog box will open.

A - Click on the combobox to select an existing layout collection as the destination for the page layout.

B - Click on Create New if you don’t have a collection or want to create a new collection for this page layout.

C - Click on Save Page As Layout to save your page in the selected collection.

Accessing the Layout Collection in the Editor

A - You can access the layout just like any other layout while editing your yearbook. Refer to the documentation to learn more.