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title: "How to Use Digital Signage Templates | EasySignage"
description: "Learn how to use ready-made digital signage templates with EasySignage. Pick a template, edit it in the online editor, and publish to your screens."
url: https://easysignage.com/how-to/getting-started/how-to-use-digital-signage-templates/
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# How to Use Digital Signage Templates?

Learn how to use ready-made digital signage templates and the online editor to design content quickly with EasySignage.

## What are digital signage templates?

Templates are pre-designed content across different categories that you can customise to fit your needs. They also include a built-in editor, so you can create and design templates from scratch for complete creative flexibility.

## How do I add a template to a playlist?

You add templates from within a playlist layer using the [EasySignage dashboard](https://app.easysignage.com/) .

To add a template:

-   Open the management console
-   Click on **Playlists**
-   Open a playlist
-   Click on a layer where you will add a template
-   If the layer has no media, the apps dialog will open; otherwise, click on **Add New**
-   Click on **Add from Templates**
-   Click on a template category, for example, **Basic**
-   Click on a template, such as **Basic text**, to add it (it will be added as an image)

## How do I edit a template in the online editor?

Once a template is added, you can open the online editor to customise it in the [EasySignage dashboard](https://app.easysignage.com/) .

To edit a template:

-   Click on **Open Editor**
-   Click on the text or object to select it
-   Use the object controls in the top bar to make changes
-   Use **Settings** to adjust the border, transparency, and shadow of the selected object
-   Use **Font** to control text style, alignment, colour, size, and font family
-   Use **Background** to change the template background colour, and **Color** to change the selected object’s foreground colour

## How do I position and arrange objects in a template?

The editor gives you full control over where each object sits and how objects stack on top of one another.

To position and arrange objects:

-   Align an object to the left, center vertically, center horizontally, right, top, or bottom
-   Use **Send Backward** or **Bring Forward** to move an object one step back or forward
-   Use **Send to Back** or **Bring to Front** to move an object behind or on top of all others
-   Change the left and top position values, or drag and drop objects and use the arrow keys to move them
-   Use the **Layers** list to drag layers up and down, lock a layer from being modified, or hide and show a layer

## What content can I add to a template?

The editor includes several object and media libraries you can add to your design.

You can add:

-   **Objects**, including social media objects and menu designs you configure with your own values
-   **My Images**, where you can upload images from your PC, Dropbox, OneDrive, or Facebook, or reuse images from your assets
-   **Backgrounds**, chosen by category and resized to fit the template
-   **Collections**, a built-in searchable image library, and **Pixabay**, a third-party searchable image library
-   **Shapes**, which can be customised in size and colour, and **Icons**, searchable transparent vector images

## How do I save and reuse a template?

When your template design is ready, click on **Save**.

-   The template will be processed and saved as an image
-   To edit it again later, click on **Open Editor**

## 🔗 Helpful Links

-   [Add Templates](https://easysignage.com/help/templates/add-templates/)

-   [What is Digital Signage](https://easysignage.com/what-is-digital-signage/)