Think of the master file as a Stationery Pad, and every time you click to access it, you are ripping off a sheet of the stationery paper.Ĭhecking this box will tell Finder that you want to use the file as a Stationery Pad template file, and will make a copy of the file every time you click to access it. Right at the bottom the general section, you'll see a check box for something called "Stationery Pad".Īlmost Any File Can Be Used As A Stationery Pad Template By Checking The Box In That Files Info Window. If you right click on any file and select "Get Info", or hit the keyboard shortcut Command+I, you'll get a Finder window with information about the file. Marking a File As a Stationery Pad Template What you could also do is Option+drag out a copy the file before opening it, but that's adding steps to the workflow, and templates should ideally be removing steps. I've done this many times and had to go back and rebuild the original template file. But, if you're not careful you can accidentally save over the original template file doing it this way. You may use your template files like any other file, then just do a "Save As" command to save it as another file. Most users who have files they use as templates may be familiar with the following workflow situations: "Save As" Workflow
Finder will automatically make a copy of the file for you, leaving the original template file unedited. Stationery Pad is a way to label almost any file as a template, right inside of Finder. Quick Tip: Creating And Using Stationery Pad Templates in OS X
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