I want to edit an existing document. keep it in its present form and name and give the new document edited from the old document
Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.4.3), Have others
I did not include giving the new edited document a different name
Use the Duplicate command, rename the duplicate copy.
Duplicate does not save my old doc and name, I want to mimic " save as " as in word
Duplicate makes an exact copy of a file, it does not delete the original file. I have no idea what you are doing but it's not Duplicating.
Which version of Pages and which version of OS X
I will try it again. When I selected duplicate it shaded the original name of the dock. I gave it a new name. It saved it with the new name in the original folder it was in. But the doc with the original name disappeared. It is not acting like "save as" does in word. I want to edit the original pages document with its new name and keep the original with the old name.
When I do it I get 2 files with the same name but one has the word 'copy' after the name.
Thank you for your help I will see if I can create that senario
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On OS X, the process of duplicating a filename appends copy to the base filename.
Open the zonothings copy.pages document. In the Title bar, click the filename, and a panel appears with the name selected. Backspace just the zanothings copy part of the name and give it a new name. The file is renamed.
Alternatively, in the Finder, you can single-click the zanothings copy.pages icon name. Wait a second, and single-click it again. Just the zanothings copy part of the name is selected. Just type the new name, and press return to set it.
pages I want to edit a document with a new name and keep the old name and document
