Feb 26
Here’s how to change the default font, size, colour etc of a new Pages document, so that every new document will have the style you want.
- Open a New document
- Select some text in the document
- Change the font and color to what you want
- Go to View: Show Styles Drawer
- Click on the red arrow next to “Body” and & select “Redefine Style from Selection”
- Delete all the text that you typed. Otherwise that text appears every time you open a new document.
- Go to File: “Save As Template…” and Save the document as a name that is clear e.g. “100 black”
- Go to Pages: Preferences
- Under the General tab click the “Use template” for new Documents.
- Select ‘”Templates” and select the template you just saved.
Choose your own page template for new documents.
It will now use that template for new pages documents.
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Fab walkthrough!
It worked fab for me!
Just ONE problem:
ON STEP 4 IT ASKS TO OPEN STYLE DRAW, JUST LIKE STEP 6 WHERE IT ASKS TO DELETE THE TEXT, WELL AFTER YOU’VE FINISHED WITH THE STYPLE DRAW GO BACK TO VIEW AND PRESS “HIDE STYLE DRAW” OR EVERYTIME YOU OPEN A PAGES DOCUMENT WITH THIS TEMPLATE, THE STYLE DRAW IS GOING TO OPEN EVERY TIME.
otherwise, great walkthrough
Whilst what you say will work it does not get over the problem of being able to change the default font. If you want to open another text box within the saved new template it will revert back to the original default font. Very annoying!
Does anyone know if it is possible to change it permanently as you can do with windows etc.
You don’t need to enter any text before selecting the default font/size you want.
That worked for me for body text but doesn’t change table contents though – any ideas there?
Thank you for this.