# Text Management

## How to Create a Text Template

| ### What to do:
| To work through this example, you must have completed the example Create a category.
| Select Start> Text Management> Template The mask Text Template is opened.
| To change to Insert mode click .
| Enter the following data in the respective fields:
Field name | Description | Data
Template Id. | Is the unique key for identifying the text template. | TXT-001
Main Category Id | Category to group text templates/instances | BOM
Description | Additional information about the text template. | Text Template for defining cable color.
Template | Template text - see Note for further information. | Verify the cable with <A: color/> color
| The placeholder values are defined when deriving a text instance. Placeholders have the following syntax <[placeholder-id]:[placeholder name]/>. You can also define text template without placeholders.
| To save the entry click .
| Click on the Place Holders tab, the placeholder A:color was entered.