# Save a Confluence diagram as a template

To save a Confluence diagram as a template, open the Capable Diagrams catalogue, find the diagram under **Diagrams on pages**, open it and select **Save as template**. A copy opens as a new template; adjust it and select **Save**. The original diagram on the page is not changed, and your team can start from the template from then on.

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## Before you start

* You can create content in the space where the template will live.
* Tidy the diagram first, or plan to tidy the copy. Whatever is in the template is what everyone starts from.

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## Steps

1. Open the Capable Diagrams catalogue for the space.
2. Under **Diagrams on pages**, open the diagram you want to reuse.
3. Select **Save as template**. In a narrow window it shows as an icon only.
4. A copy opens as a new template. Change its title and content as you like.
5. Select **Save**.

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## What happens next

* The template is listed under **Space templates**, and offered in the byline search and the insert picker in that space once it has been indexed, usually within a few minutes.
* Diagrams made from it are copies. Changing the template later does not change them.

## If it does not work

* No **Save as template** button: it only appears on diagrams that live on pages, opened from the catalogue, not on templates or in the full-screen view on a page.
* The new template does not show in search straight away. See [Template indexing delay](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/template-indexing-delay.html).

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## Related

### [Diagram templates](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/diagram-templates.html)

How templates work.

### [Find a diagram template in Confluence](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/find-a-diagram-template-in-confluence.html)

Use the template you just made.

### [Global template library](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/global-template-library.html)

Templates offered in every space.

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_Draw it well once, and let everyone start there._