Saving customized email stationary templates

Do you know where the stationery is stored on the computer? You could probably just edit one of the templates and save it.

Is it possible to save an email stationary template that has been customized?

Does File > Save as Stationery not work?

There is an option for file-save as stationary, but I am unable to click on that option as it "transparent".

Is "save as stationery" really not clickable when you have your template displayed in the New Message pane?

Apple will probably fix it in 10.5.1.

Can you explain how you made this template? I don't have any trouble saving things as stationery.

Yes, Save as Template is not clickable.

PS Try sending it to yourself, then hit the Reply button, get rid of the unwanted extra stuff, and you may be able to save it as stationery. Also sometimes you can copy/paste into a New Message and that will be savable.

Yup, that works. How weird.

You can easily edit the mail template files to make your own as well. It's a simple process of copying an existing template, replacing your own images, and changing the filename. I expect more customized templates will be available as time goes on.

Sorry this can sound obvious to some, but how can I copy an existing template and edit it? For example I want to use the one called Maple Leaf, I just want to delete the leaf and add a logo, and then put down my signature with a couple of links.
Thank you very much in advance

That's the $64,000 question. Should be obvious, but is sure isn't. I can't find the templates anywhere.

Of topic, but new Preview has some great new tools...and it is completely unusable. Virtually any action causes a crash (I just finished sesnding a least a half dozen crash reports to Apple). When it's debigged it'll be very useful for quick and dirty image tasks.

Mail templates are located in:

/Library/Application Support/Apple/Mail/Stationary

The stationary files are packages that can be opened up at which point you can see all the image and file components. It does not, however, appear to be a straightforward process for making these templates. You might just want to tinker around with one of the existing templates first before making your own.

Only method for custom templates I can find is to build a document in html in dreamweaver or similar app, then view this saved doc in safari. Once in safari choose to mail contents of page. Mail app will appear with your custom design. Then you can save as stationery. It will appear in the custom section when composing a new message. I've tried diligently to add the temp image placeholder feature Mail app uses with photos to enable switching out pics - but to no avail. You can open the saved draft email in text edit by locating the appropriate "emix" file in your usename>library>mail folder... all the code is there but editing it properly is beyond my skills.

Well done, James...GREAT idea.

Yes, great idea, James. Presumably one could do the same in any application that can save to html (Word, iWeb).

Another thought is that one might be able to create a Mail template in the new version of Pages. I don't have it, so I don't know for sure.

I have noticed, however, that some Mail templates do not display fully when received by Windows users. Don't know why. If you want to be absolutely sure the recipient will see everything you format, best to create a PDF.

Ken