Create and manage Pages templates on Mac

If you’re signed in to the same Apple Account on all your devices and have iCloud Drive turned on when you save your custom template, it’s available on all your devices (but not in Pages for iCloud).

1. With the document open, choose File > Save as Template (from the File menu at the top of your screen).

2. Click an option:

   • Add to Template Chooser: Type a name for the template, then click Choose.

   • Save: Type a name for the template, then choose where you want to save it.

     If you want to email the template to others or to yourself, save it to your computer. You can attach the template file to an email message.

You can install a custom template that you received as an attachment, by adding it to the template chooser in Pages.

• Double-click the template file (it has the file extension “.template”), then click Add to Template Chooser.

You can set Pages to always open new documents from a specific template instead of from the template chooser.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Choose File > New from the File menu at the top of your screen, then double-click the template you want to use as the basis for a new template.

   Custom templates appear in the My Templates category in the template chooser. If you want to use a custom template that doesn’t appear there, you must first install the custom template (see the instructions above).

3. Make your changes, choose File > Save Template, then choose an option to save the document as a new template.

The edited template is saved as a new version. You can rename the new version and delete the first version if you don’t want to keep it.

If you’re signed in to the same Apple Account on all your devices and have iCloud Drive turned on, deleting a custom template deletes it from all your devices.

1. Go to the Pages app on your Mac.

2. Choose File > New (from the File menu at the top of your screen), Control-click the template name, then choose Rename or Delete.

3. If you’re renaming, type a new name, then press Return.

Custom templates always appear in My Templates in the template chooser. You can’t rearrange templates, and you can’t delete templates that came with Pages.