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1. Click the Templates tab.
2. Below the left panel, click . The new template window appears as shown below.
   
3. Enter a name for the template and optionally any of the other fields. Note that you cannot change the author at this point but you can do so by editing the template later.
4. Click Done.
5. Add one or more components to the template. Components can be of any of the AIM classes, which include anatomic entity, imaging observation, inference, and calculation.
6. Add one or more characteristics to each template component you add.
7. Specify the allowed terms for each component characteristic.

   Tip
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   Below the Template Components panel, click to expand all of the template components to see their characteristics or click to collapse the characteristics and just see a list of components. Within the template component row, click the same buttons to expand or collapse individual elements of the component.

Add a Component to a Template

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To add a component to a template

1. Select the template to which you want to add a component from the Template Name panel.
2. From the buttons in the Template Components panel, click . A new Template Components section of the panel appears.
   
3. Customize your template component by selecting options from the items in the table below.
   Select the AIM class from the list,

   Field	Description
   AIM Class	Select an AIM class from the list. As the image below of the expanded list shows, AIM class options are Anatomic Entity, Imaging Observation, Inference, and Calculation.
   Label	Double-click this field to add a label. A label becomes a heading in the form users will complete when the template is imported into another application.
   Description
   AIM Class
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   Display
   Confidence
   Authors

Add a Characteristic to a Component

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Specify Allowed Terms

When users of your AIM template answer template questions, you can offer a list of standardized terms for their answers. These allowed terms must already be [entries|#createlexiconentry} in at least one lexicon in the AIM Template Manager.

To specify a characteristic's allowed terms

1. Click the Templates tab.
2. Create a new template component.
3. Add a characteristic to the component. One Allowed Terms entry row appears. If you are adding additional allowed terms, click Image Added.
4. Double-click in the Term (code meaning) field. Enter an allowed term. If you want to use an entry in a lexicon, find it in the Search Lexicon Terms panel on the right, then click the Image Added button below the Search Lexicon Terms panel.
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Editing a Template

To edit a template

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