Quickly create new documents from custom file templates.
Anita Reitere
nitalynx@gmail.com

# Templates for commonly-used document types

If you often create documents based on the same content, you might benefit from using file templates. A file template can be a document of any type with the formatting or content you would like to reuse. For example, you could create a template document with your letterhead.

# Make a new template

Create a document that you are going to use as a template. For example, you could make your letterhead in a word processing application.

Save the file with the template content in the Templates folder in your Home folder. If the Templates folder doesn't exist, you will need to create it first.

# Use a template to create a document

Open the folder where you want to place the new document.

Right-click anywhere in the empty space in the folder, then choose Create document. The names of available templates will be listed in the submenu.

Enter a filename for the newly-created document.

Double-click the file to open it and start editing.