Twitter Thread Template

Does anyone know of a Template for creating threads for Twitter on a Mac that would allow you to create a formatted Twitter Thread. I obviously have Pages, Keynote, etc. But I also have Microsoft Office 365 and the Full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite that could be used as a starting point for creating a Template.

I have to believe I am not the only person that desires such a Twitter Thread Creation Tool on a Mac and would love someone to point me to an existing Template or Templates that performs this task. When I search on Google or Bing or for that matter inside Apple Support or the Community, I don't find any such templates but I find it hard to believe they aren't out there somewhere.

Anyone that could point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. I really don't care which software is used of the above listed, but what I am looking for would be a Template that would allow you to easily enter and edit text in a format/style compatible with Twitter Threads.

Creating content directly on Twitter is not satisfactory because you can not edit Tweets. Creating Tweets in Word Processing Software without a Template is unsatisfactory because changes you make in documents that are not formatted to fit the Twitter Thread do not flow between consecutive Tweets. This makes editing difficult and cumbersome. In addition, you end up having to cut and paste multiple times to Twitter.

With a well designed Template you would be able to enter text into the Template, text would flow between Tweet Sized sections and edits would flow across sections. You would be able to preview exactly how a Tweet Thread would appear when you ultimately posted it to Twitter. You should be able to utilize any characters or formatting that would translate from the creation software to Twitter by simple cut and paste and hopefully the created document would be able to be copied and pasted directly into a Twitter Thread.

Again, as popular as Twitter is, I would think someone(s) would have already created such a template. In fact I would think there would be such Templates for virtually all popular document creation software. But I am not finding it. I would prefer a free Template, but if a particularly robust tool were available, I am willing to pay a reasonable price for it.

Any Assistance by the Community would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 29, 2020 10:56 AM

18 replies

Yellowbox

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Jan 30, 2020 11:43 PM in response to GranvilleA

Hi Granville,

Please tell us what format you want for a Twitter Thread. Perhaps another user can show you how to format that in Pages.

Regards,

Ian.

GranvilleA Author

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Jan 31, 2020 2:32 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

75% Worldwide, not close to that in the USA for SmartPhones. I believe iOS has maintained a consistent User Base advantage in the USA since shortly after the launch of the iPhone.

GranvilleA Author

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Jan 31, 2020 7:09 PM in response to Barry

Twitter itself has a Thread Builder. It is a feature of Twitter and has been since before they changed the 140 Character Limit. The problem with all Tweets on Twitter is once you post a Tweet there is no editing capability. In addition, Twitter has very limited native formatting capabilities so making a Tweet look exactly like you want in the Native App or directly on their website is less than optimal for those who care about the appearance of their work.

There are many Templates and Tools for building a single well crafted Tweet in a number of Word Processing or other Creation Tools like Adobe Creative Cloud. But with threads you are left with Twitters awkward Thread Tool or you must manually build page after page and then if you edit anywhere you have to adjust every subsequent Tweet in the Thread. As I said far from Optimal.

I assumed while not trivial it would not be horridly difficult to build a Template or Tool in Apple Pages, Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign, Apple Keynote or Microsoft PowerPoint or some other productivity Application. I know a large number of Users who regularly create large Threaded Tweets and none of them have been able to direct me to such a Template or Tool.

As to Twitter since they support Twitter Threads and there are many 3rd Party Thread Readers that let you even download a Thread and convert it to your Blog. WordPress amongst many others has a Tool like this and many other Tools support WordPress and other Website Builders for that purpose. So I doubt Twitter will mind. If it proves popular they may just incorporate the capability into Twitter either by duplicating it themselves or as they have done in the past acquiring the solution (or the solution provider) and then incorporating the existing capabilities into core Twitter.

Sorry to respond in such a longwinded fashion but (perhaps unfortunately) that is my inclination. Thanks for the question/comment though.

Granville Alley

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