When saving an iWork Pages doc, can it autofill name as first text of page?

Like a Microsoft Word feature, can you set Pages (with a preference or script etc) to suggest the first text of the document as the filename?
For example, I always have an overview title at the start of my documents before the text, eg
Synaptic transmission
Overview
A contact between 2 neurons is a synapse. Synaptic junctions can be located on different part of the neuron. Synaptic signals...
When I save the document, it always has 'Untitled' as the default name, but can I change this to suggest 'Synaptic transmission' right away?
Thanks,
Lewis

Lewis,
No, but you can use Copy and Paste to reuse the text.
Jerry

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