Have attempted to edit both Apple Templates and ones I have created.
Under Toolbar View/Edit Page Templates, options grey.
Under Format, Edit Page Templates is missing.
Please advise how to activate edit option.
Regards,
IaZom
Hey Viking, ta for your response.
I have created my own templates; have edited apple stock, imported 3rd party and built my own. All are saved under my templates. None are available to edit as templates under View panel.
'Unlock' is also greyed out regardless of value selected in document created from saved 'my' templates.
Appreciate your help when you've time mate. I can continue to create documents from existing templates, save as new templates and then delete former representation of said new template, but it would be a might easier if I could just open specific template and edit it's format as required.
iz
Hey Viking, ta for your response.
I have created my own templates; have edited apple stock, imported 3rd party and built my own. All are saved under my templates. None are available to edit as templates under View panel.
'Unlock' is also greyed out regardless of value selected in document created from saved 'my' templates.
Appreciate your help when you've time mate. I can continue to create documents from existing templates, save as new templates and then delete former representation of said new template, but it would be a might easier if I could just open specific template and edit it's format as required.
iz
I'm having the same problem, you have to make a new template to edit a template. No way of applying templates to documents already open. 'Edit templates' option in the menu bar greyed out for no apparent reason.
It makes you worry what on earth is going on with the Pages team at Apple. It seems bizarrely clunky, unhelpful, and tricky to use now.
You cannot edit the templates that shipped with Pages.
You can create a new document using your choice of template whether supplied by Pages, or your own (My Templates), and change the content in that new document. You may need to click on those items whose selectors are 'x' and then from the Arrange panel, choose Unlock. When finished, then you choose File menu : Save as Template… and place it in your My Templates collection.
Use templates in Pages on Mac - Apple Support
Why can you not create a new document from one of your existing My Template templates, make changes, and then save that to My Templates as a newly named template? That is the process for "editing" an existing template that you have previously created. There is no direct editing of a template outside of the preceding process.
Two things to look out for:
There is literally an "Edit Page Templates" command in the menu bar under "View". This is greyed out.
The OP asked if anyone knew how to make this function work which is clearly available but non-functional, not how to do a work-around they are probably using already.
Edit Page Templates is functional in Page Layout mode only.
Edit Page Templates is greyed out in Pages
