Deleting and Renaming

Question

Apologies if this is obvious, but I can't find the answer. If say you've saved something in pages as a letter with a title say John, how does one delete it please? I can delete the contents, leaving me a blank sheet still called John, but can't see either how to delete the sheet altogether (preferable) or even how to rename it. It's saved in a folder, basically used for letters, but I don't just want to go on filling this up for years and years with out of date correspondence. No doubt this is easy, but as a newcomer I just can't see it. I've tried dragging it to trash, doesn't work, and delete and delete page only deletes the content. Any help much appreciated. Thanks

Answer 1

ziggy
Have you ever used a computer before? If so what kind?
You really should do an introduction to the Mac tutorial:
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/
A computer is like a photocopier, when you open a file it is like you have made a copy of what is on your Hard Drive inside the computer.
You can alter that copy and save it with another name, that makes another copy with different content.
You will see it in Finder (your Desktop) the Window you said had the little House (this represents all your stuff in the computer).
If it has a different name it becomes a *new file* or document.
If you save it with exactly the *same name* in the *same spot* it will replace what was there before and the saved file becomes the only copy with that name. It warns you that will happen. Saving when you have opened an existing document does exactly what it says, it saves what you have done to the existing document permanently changing it
A template is like a letterhead or pre-printed copy of a document but one where you can actually change the text or pictures inside it. It doesn't have a name till you give it one. This is so you won't replace the existing file and have to do all the prepared work all over next time.
You do not get rid of a document by opening it and removing all the contents, anymore than you get rid of a piece of paper by rubbing out what you wrote on it. To get rid of both the real piece of paper and the computer file you have to toss it in the trash and have the trash emptied.
You do that on the computer by going back into Finder which is where you see all the icons and windows with lists of files in windows. Then clicking on the icon or name of the file you want to getr rid of and dragging into the trash basket on your Dock on the bottom right of your computer screen.
You do not do any of the trashing inside Pages, you have to do it in Finder.
You really do need to do the Introductory course above, this is all very basic.
Peter