Creating Templates

Templates are the starting point for all document generation in Document Composer. A template defines the document structure, layout, and field bindings that the Engine uses to produce output.

Opening Document Composer Studio

Navigate to Document Composer in the MinuteView sidebar. The Studio opens showing your existing templates (or an empty list if none have been created yet).

Creating a New Template

Click New Template to open the template creation form.

Required Fields

Field	Description
Name	A unique, descriptive name for the template. This is how it will be referenced from Workflow, DocControl, and Configurator.
Output Format	The format of the generated document (e.g. PDF, Word).

Optional Fields

[To be completed once Studio UI is confirmed — add description, tags, or other metadata fields here]

Click Save (or Create) to create the template and open the editor.

The Template Editor

Once created, the template editor opens. This is where you build the document structure.

[Detail the editor layout, toolbar, and available actions once the Studio UI is confirmed]

Saving Changes

Changes to a template are saved using the Save button in the editor toolbar. Saving does not affect documents that have already been generated — only future generation runs will use the updated template.

Next Steps

• Template Sections & Fields — add content sections and bind fields to data
• Data Sources — configure the data sources available to this template