# Create and manage layouts

Layouts are like mini templates, they let you define a layout of panels on a page and reuse that layout.

You can add your custom layouts to the layouts chooser or save them as a file to share with others. Custom layouts that you create on your Mac are grouped in the My Layouts category of the new page chooser.

1. Open the Format sidebar and ensure Page is the visible tab. (If Page is not visible choose Edit > Deselect All (from the Edit menu at the top of your screen).
2. Click on Save As Panel Layout.
3. Click an option
   - Add to New Page Chooser: The layout is added to the My Layouts category of the chooser.
   - Save: Type a name for the layout, then choose where you want to save it.

     If you want to email the layout to others or to yourself, save it to your computer. You can attach the layout file to an email message.

1. Choose the layout from the New Page Chooser.

   Custom layouts appear in the My Layouts category in the page chooser.

2. Make your changes, choose Save As Panel Layout, then choose an option to save as a new layout.

The edited layout is saved as a new version. You can delete the first version if you don't want to keep it.

1. Find the layout in the My Layouts category of the New Page Chooser.
2. Control-click on the layout and choose Delete from the menu.

Custom layouts always appear in My Layouts in the New Page chooser. You can't rearrange layouts, and you can't delete layouts that came with Comic Life.