Install and manage document templates

If you create a document that you want to use again as a model for other documents, you can save it as a template. Creating your own template can be as simple as adding your company logo to an existing template, or you can design a completely new template.

You can add your custom template to the template chooser, or save it as a file to share with others or to install and use on your iOS device.

The template chooser with My Templates as a category on the left

Save a document as a template

  1. 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 press Return. Your template appears in the My Templates category in the template chooser.

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

      If you save it to iCloud, the next time you open Pages on your iOS device, the template appears as a downloadable file in the document manager.

To learn more about creating custom templates in Pages, see Create custom templates.

Install a template on your Mac

You can install a custom template saved to your computer or to a server, or a template that you received as an attachment in an email, by adding it to the template chooser in Pages.

Note: If you chose Add to Template Chooser when you saved your custom template, it’s already installed and can be found in the My Templates section of the template chooser.

You can set Pages to always open a new document from the same template instead of from the template chooser. Choose Pages > Preferences (from the Pages menu at the top of your screen). Click General, select “Use template,” then click Change Template to select a template.

Install a template on your iOS device

On your iOS device, do the following to install a template from these sources:

The template appears in the My Templates category in the template chooser.

You can also use iTunes to transfer files between your computer and your iOS device.

Rename or delete a custom template

  1. In the template chooser, Control-click the template name, then choose Rename or Delete.

  2. 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.

See also
Create custom templates
Use iCloud with Pages
Transfer documents with a WebDAV server
Transfer documents with iTunes