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Create stationery files for use as templates System
If you want a file to act as a template, or stationery, turn on the Stationery Pad option by choosing the file in the Finder and selecting Edit -> Get Info and clicking the Stationery Pad checkbox. When you open a file with this option turned on, a new, untitled copy of the file is opened; the original file is left untouched.
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If you want to change the original, deselect the Stationery Pad checkbox.
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Create stationery files for use as templates
Authored by: cudaboy_71 on May 04, '04 12:27:52PM

not that i wish to quash anyone's exuberance over discovering feature of the os. but, this is hardly a hint. this is in fact exactly what one has come to expect from the stationery option since what system 7? 6?

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Create stationery files for use as templates
Authored by: 5chm31din6 on May 04, '04 12:41:05PM

I've been using a Mac since System 7.5 and had no idea what that checkbox did.

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Create stationery files for use as templates
Authored by: the1truestripes on May 05, '04 03:42:20PM

Um, ok...but for those who left the Mac when color was new and came back in the OS X era....what are stationery files?

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Create stationery files for use as templates
Authored by: adrianm on May 04, '04 03:56:26PM

This has been around since the beginning of time!

Nice feature though... except I think it was broke in earlier OSX versions.

Doesn't seem to work with .rtfd files (which are really directories - TextEdit docs with attachments)



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Create stationery files for use as templates
Authored by: cyberbrent on May 05, '04 05:24:04AM

I had forgotten all about this feature. Feeling kind of stupid now. It works like a charm. I also made sure I clicked on LOCK the item as well. Now they are templates that can not be altered by my employees.

Thanks for the reminder (aka hint)

Cheers

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Definitely a hint
Authored by: glusk on May 05, '04 08:13:28PM

I've been using a Mac since System 6 and didn't know about this. But I'll be using it regularly now.

Thanks!



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