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Quick-n-dirty templating. The chances are the old document has all kinds of preferences set up - margins, default font, heading formats, for a word processor do
by simonh 5y ago
Quick-n-dirty templating. The chances are the old document has all kinds of preferences set up - margins, default font, heading formats, for a word processor document. Line and stroke preferences for a graphics program, whatever. It's not as dumb as it seems.
The New File option on Windows is one thing I really miss on MacOS. I set up a macro or something that added it in for text files years ago, but it got blown away when I changed machines or upgraded a few years ago and I can't remember how I did it. I could google it, but eh. I'll just have a moan about it next time I need to do it instead. Bah, humbug!
- Someone 5y agoNot the same, but could be useful: MacOS has “stationary” (https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/mac-help/mchlp1341/11.0/mac/11.0 https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/mac-help/mchlp1341/11....) That creates files that, when opened, create a copy of themselves in the current directory and open that. That’s a poor implementation (a good one would open the file as a new document ¿and tell the app the default directory?), but probably the best one an do without cooperation from applications. System 7 did that better, but only for applications that supported it, as did Lisa. MS Word has a good implementation with .dotx files (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/create-a-template-86a1d089-5ae2-4d53-9042-1191bce57deb https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/create-a-template-...)
- jbverschoor 5y agoThat's pretty cool, but unfortunately it dimply creates a new copy file. If you don't save, it will leave the copy on your machine...
- massysett 5y agoI use an app to do this, search for “new file menu” in the Mac App Store.