Templates are great, but creating them is usually different for each program. On macOS, despite this, a little-known macOS feature called “Notepad” enables you to convert any file into a template.
This is great for things like expense reports, documents that need to be formatted in a certain way or even images that you should routinely create in the same form factor. Just create a file that you want to use as a template and then configure it with Stationary Pad on macOS.
Setting up a document with Stationary Pad is easy. Find the file you would like to use as a template in Finder. Right-click or Control-click the file and then click the command “Get information”.
In the information window, expand section “General” (if you are not yet) and then enable the option “Stationary pad”.
That is all! This file is now a template.
Double click on it in Finder and, instead of opening the file, your Mac will create a copy using that file as a template. You will have the option to see this in the title bar after opening the document:
Do what you need to do and then save the file. You will find the copy in the same folder as your template.
Rename this to something more relevant and voila!!
My thanks to Tim Hardwick and Mac Rumors for pointing out this trick. (Perhaps in summary it will prevent me from entering and saving my personal information in the How-to Geek template for expense reports).
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