Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Where are the templates stored? Where are the example pictures?

The template images are well hidden in the Pages application package. Right-click on it and select Show Package Contents. Go to Resources > Templates. Each of the template is a package in itself. Right-click on each and select show Package contents, and you will be able to find the pictures. You can copy them from there, but do not remove them, or you will destroy the templates.

If you create templates yourself, they will by default be stored in your home directory: ~/Library/Application Support/iWork/Pages/Templates/My Templates.

4 comments:

Alexander Anichkin said...

There is an easier way:
1. In the Pages document select the object you want to extract.
2. Open Metrics inspector (the one with the little ruler icon). In the File Info window you will see the name of the file and its type.
3. Click and drag it to wherever you want - desktop or folder.
This applies not just to templates, but to any Pages document.
See my little article on this here:
http://i-work-in-pages.blogspot.com/2006/11/extracting-photos-back-from-pages.html

Magnus Lewan said...

Good one!

Memoir said...

Where would I find "My Templates," the ones I created?

Thanks.

Magnus Lewan said...

Good question, nonsequito! I added a paragraph with that info above.