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Title: Create a screenshot template
Description: Make a conversation, receipt, or status image and add it to a post.
Canonical: https://openpo.st/docs/guides/screenshot-templates
Source: [https://openpo.st/docs/guides/screenshot-templates](https://openpo.st/docs/guides/screenshot-templates)

# Create a screenshot template

Create an image of a conversation, receipt, or status page from editable fields.

## Create the image

1. Open **Templates** in Media or the composer's media picker. Choose a populated example.
2. Edit the fields beside the preview. For conversations, add participants and messages, or paste lines in `Name: message` form. Receipts calculate totals from line items and tax; you can also enter a custom total. Status pages contain an incident and ordered updates.
3. Open **Appearance** to choose light or dark artwork, text size, and image shape. Use **Fit content** to adjust the height. Export is blocked if the chosen shape cuts off content.
4. Review every line in the preview. On a phone, switch between **Edit** and **Preview**.
5. Choose **Download** for a PNG, **Save to Media** for a workspace file, or **Add to publication** to open the composer. When you started from a post, **Return to publication** attaches the result to that draft.

Check the attached image and its alt text in the composer before publishing.

## Reopen or recover a design

Designs save automatically to the current workspace. Undo and redo apply to field edits.

To reuse an exported image, open it in Media and choose **Edit a copy**. The new design starts from its saved content. Changing or deleting the original design never changes earlier exports.

If two sessions edit the same design, save your version as a copy to preserve both.
