Opening a document into a template
Hello,
I'm wondering if you can open an existing document into a particular template. When I open a RTFD document in Pages, it seems like it opens into a blank template. How would I open it into my preferred template?
Thanks!
The templates are made for you to enter your data into, they are not themes like in Keynote or iMovie or iDVD where you can change the look of an existing document. You can copy & paste from the RTF into a Pages template.
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