Templates Missing in Pages

Hi there Willing_Pupil,

Thanks for trying out those steps.

To answer your question regarding your data, it should be safe. However, we would highly recommend backing up those documents as a precautionary measure, either to a hard drive or saving them elsewhere, like to your desktop.

Prior to actually uninstalling Pages, though, let's check on a preference within Pages. Open the Pages app, then navigate to the top menu bar. Click Pages > Preferences. Under the General tab, check and make sure 'For New Documents' is set to 'Show Template Chooser'. If it's not, change it to that and then quit Pages and reopen Pages. See if that helps solve the issue you're seeing.

Take care.

Hello Willing_Pupil,

Thanks for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If we understand correctly, you are unable to open templates in Pages. We can understand why you'd reach out for a solution.

Here is a resource that can help.

Use template in Pages on Mac

If those steps don't help, try uninstalling and reinstalling Pages.

Cheers!