A blank page is the hardest page. A template gives you the structure — margins, hierarchy, page count — so you can spend your time on content and style.
Mockup, template, layout: what is the difference?
A mockup (maquette in French) is a quick, realistic draft of a design, used to test an idea before the real work: where the title sits, how many images fit, how pages follow each other. A template is a reusable mockup: the structure is fixed, the content is yours to replace.
Why start from a template?
Speed. The grid, margins and text hierarchy are already decided.
Consistency. Every page of a report or portfolio follows the same rules.
Learning. Opening a good layout and seeing how it is built teaches more than a tutorial.
Fewer blank-page decisions. You react to a structure instead of inventing one.
Templates available in plim
plim ships with ready-made templates, each one a normal, fully editable project:
Résumé / CV — a one-page A4 layout at 300 dpi.
Internship report — a five-page A4 report.
Project pitch — a five-page presentation of a project.
Photo portfolio — a four-page portfolio to show your work.
Greeting card — a two-page A5 landscape card.
Outfit boards — look sheets, seasonal looks, a capsule wardrobe and a weekly planner. See the outfit guide.
How to use them
Open the Templates panel in the Document sidebar. Hover over a card to preview its pages, then open it. Replace the text, swap the images, change colours and fonts — everything stays editable.
Make and share your own
Finished a layout you will reuse? Choose Save as template in the File menu to add it to your own templates. A template is a single .plim file: keep it, send it to a colleague, or drop it on the canvas to open it elsewhere. Templates can carry their own translations, so the text switches to your language when the file contains it.
Tips for a good mockup
Use real content, not placeholder text — a layout that works with "lorem ipsum" can fail with a real title.
Test the longest and the shortest text you expect.
Keep one grid for the whole document and let a few elements break it on purpose.
Check the result at its final size, on screen or printed.