Open Pages document
Opens a specified Pages document of your choice. Works well for your current in-progress doc.
Create blank document
Creates a new, empty document in the Pages app, skipping the template or file picker.
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Create landscape document
Creates a blank document in the horizontal orientation, for printing in landscape.
Open from Pages folder
Gets the contents of the Pages folder in iCloud Drive, presents the options, and opens your document of choice.
Add custom template
Adds a custom template to Pages. To set up a doc, use File > Save as Template, then find the template name in the Create Template action.
Create blank layout
Creates a blank document without any paragraph formatting – good for making an empty page to fill with shapes, images, or other Pages capabilities.
Add Pages template
Presents a detailed series of menus grouping Pages templates by the categories found in the template picker. If you prefer one set, copy the submenu into another shortcut.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Create%20blank%20document
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Create%20blank%20document
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Create blank document”
end tell
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