1. Choose File > Save as Template (from the File menu at the top of your computer 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.

When you create a new template, you start with an existing template (Blank, or any other template), make changes, then save it as a custom template. The original template remains unchanged. Custom templates appear in the My Templates category in the template chooser.

1. In Pages, choose File > New (from the File menu at the top of your computer screen), then double-click the template you want to edit.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Create a media placeholder: Select an image, then choose Format > Advanced > Define as Media Placeholder (from the Format menu at the top of your computer screen).

   • Create a text placeholder: Select the text, then choose Format > Advanced > Define as Text Placeholder (from the Format menu at the top of your computer screen).

   • Add a watermark or background object: Select the text or object, then choose Arrange > Section Masters > Move Object to Section Master (from the Arrange menu at the top of your computer screen). See Place objects in the background to learn more.

3. Choose File > Save as Template (from the File menu at the top of your computer screen), then choose 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 template appears as a downloadable file in the document manager the next time you open Pages on your iOS device.

If you don’t want to keep the original template, you can delete it from the template chooser. You can’t delete templates that came with Pages.

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.

• Double-click the template file (it has the file extension “.template”), then click Add to 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 computer screen). In the General pane, select “Use template,” then click Change Template to select a template.

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

• iCloud: If Pages is set up to use iCloud on your device, the template appears automatically in the document manager and is identified by a template badge. Tap the template thumbnail, then tap Add.

• An email: From Mail, tap the attachment, tap (you may need to tap the screen to see the Share icon), tap Open in Pages, then tap Open in Pages. Tap Add.

• A WebDAV server: Download the template from the server, tap (you may need to tap the screen to see the Share icon), then tap Open in Pages. Tap Add.

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

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.