
Which is awesome and so much easier than just opening the same item again and again and using “Save As.” If I did it that way, I would write over my original at least 90 percent of the time because I’m a space cadet like that. Whether you open a Word template that way or double-click it from the Finder, however, it’ll work the same way as it does in Pages-the program will create a copy of your file so that you can’t overwrite your original. When you get to the Document Gallery afterward, you can pick “Personal” under the “New” tab to see any custom templates you’ve added. The location where it offers to save the thing is…a bit odd, but you’ll need to accept that placing if you want it to appear in Word’s default Templates menu.īut to open your template after that, you’ll just start a new document in Word, choosing File > New from Template if you don’t see the program’s so-called Document Gallery upon launch: If you want, you can also change the name of the style. Make the desired formatting changes, such as font style, size, and color. You’ll still configure the document as you’d like the template to look, and then select File > Save as Template. To modify a style: In the Styles group on the Home tab, right-click the style you want to change and select Modify from the drop-down menu. When you double-click that file to open it, you can again decide to add it to the Template Chooser, or if you’d prefer, the “New Document” button will essentially create a copy of your creation that you can use without overwriting the original. If, however, you decided to save the letterhead somewhere convenient instead of adding it to the Template Chooser, then you’ll of course see a new file at the location you picked. If you don’t see that Template Chooser when you launch Pages, then either change the preferences mentioned in the brilliant article by Jeff Butts I linked to above, or you can also hold down the Option key within the “File” menu, and “New” will switch to “New from Template Chooser.” If you choose “Add to Template Chooser” and name your creation, then depending on how your preferences are set up, you’ll probably see it when you first open Pages under the “My Templates” section.

Open the document that you want to convert, then tap the More button. Pages will then ask you where you’d like to put it. &0183 &32 If you want to open a Pages document in another app like Microsoft Word, use Pages to convert the document to an appropriate format. In Pages, you’ll first configure your letterhead (or whatever) exactly the way you want it… If you want to create a template to use over and over again in Pages or Microsoft Word-like for your company letterhead, for example-then both programs have an easy way to do it.
