Hello everyone. You can save a clean form as a template and stamp new ones out all day long. I do this in Numbers and I see no reason why this wouldn't work in pages as well, you just save the form as a template and create new ones based on the template.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eugenia Firth Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Renaming Files Hi Eric. That's the way I do it, too for the same reason. It's a little extra step, but it saves you from figuring out what awful thing happened and then having to try and get another version back. I've had to get a sighted person to get some further back versions before, so now I just keep doing it just like I used to with Windows. Eugenia Firth [email protected] On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:47 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi Les, I have the same issue with as a trainer required to generate reports and invoices to account for every hour with every client. I started out by opening the form, filling it out, pressing command shift S and using the save as dialog to rename the form to a new name containing the invoice or report number and the client's name. The problem I ran into was that Occasionally I'd forget and press command S, saving my new invoice overtop of my blank form and forcing me to generate a new blank form. I'm not really a dope, smile. I just hate paperwork like the dickins and would fill out several at a time on autopilot instead of doing them as I went. After pooching 10 or 20 forms this way I finally got fed up and started a new system. I go into finder. When I hit on my invoice form I do a command C and a command v just like that, slap slap. That forces finder to paste a new copy of the form slightly renamed right beside the original. I then arrow to the copy, rename it with the invoice number and name, then fill out the form. Hope this helps, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com <http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/> On 2012-06-07, at 8:44 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: Hi Eric, I realized that my question wasn't clear enough. I have a document called training report that I use to create my reports. I have a template with various headings, I fill in the text I wish, and then want to save it under a different name. If I rename the original document in Finder, that won't help me here, as I want to retain the original training report, and with each report I prepare, I want to assign the client's name to the filename. Hope this makes more sense. Les On Jun 7, 2012, at 7:54 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Hi, In finder, press enter on the file name and you will be focussed on an edit box. Type the new name and press enter. Best, Erik Burggraaf Introducing Ebony Consulting business card transcription service, starting at $0.45 per card or $35 per hundred cards. Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com <http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/> On 2012-06-07, at 7:48 AM, Les Kriegler wrote: I work on documents in Pages and in TextEdit. I have not been able to find an easy way of renaming files. I have created report templates and when creating the reports, I want to change the names to reflect the consumers with whom I am working. How can this be accomplished either in the Finder, TextEdit or Pages? At present, I create a new file and paste in the text and name it that way. Thanks for the assist. Les -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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