Create blank document
Creates a new, empty document in the Pages app, skipping the template or file picker.
Open Pages document
Opens a specified Pages document of your choice. Works well for your current in-progress doc.
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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.
Open from Pages folder
Gets the contents of the Pages folder in iCloud Drive, presents the options, and opens your document of choice.
Create landscape document
Creates a blank document in the horizontal orientation, for printing in landscape.
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.
Create note-taking document
Creates a template in Pages set to an outline mode for taking notes.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Open%20Pages%20document
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Open%20Pages%20document
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Open Pages document”
end tell
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