How to mark an existing page as a space template

[Eve Anijärv]

I have an existing Confluence page that I would like to mark as a space template so it would show up as one when someone's starting to create a new page in that space.

I can see that I can edit or delete existing templates and create a new template from scratch, but is there a way to mark an already existing page as a template? Otherwise I would need to create a new template from scratch based on the existing page and this would be very time consuming.

[Maltavius · Accepted solution]

Open up two browser windows,

1. In one browser window navigate to Create a new template.
2. In the other, browse to the page you want to use as a template.
   
   • Select Edit
   • Select the Whole page
   • Copy
3. In the "New Template"
   • Paste 
4. Profit!

[Eve Anijärv]

I was just wondering if there is a less manual and less hacky way to do this. But good to realize this while I only have one page created I guess. :) 

Thanks!

[Maltavius]

That's how we did it, just make a page skeleton until it looks like you want and then cut-n-paste it into a template, fix all the macros and then save.