I'm mystified as to how this obviously simple task is done. No reference to it in the Guide or, as far as I can see, in the Menus. The ones I want to be rid of are my surplus templates in the My Templates folder, wherever that is!
iMac, iOS 6.1.4
Hi Peter,
User templates are in a hidden library (don't ask me why). In Finder, click on the Go Menu and hold down the option key. Your library will appear about half way down the list of items.
Navigate to Library > Application Support > iWork > Numbers > Templates > My Templates
Having gone to all that trouble, right click (or control click) on My Templates folder and create an Alias. Move the Alias to a convenient place for a quick way to get back to that Folder.
Regards,
Ian.
Hi Peter,
User templates are in a hidden library (don't ask me why). In Finder, click on the Go Menu and hold down the option key. Your library will appear about half way down the list of items.
Navigate to Library > Application Support > iWork > Numbers > Templates > My Templates
Having gone to all that trouble, right click (or control click) on My Templates folder and create an Alias. Move the Alias to a convenient place for a quick way to get back to that Folder.
Regards,
Ian.
Ah, very good. Thanks Ian. I found that – more precisely, for others – I had to hold down the option key whilst opening the Go Menu.
It's no doubt hard to understand why this is in the hidden folder; but isn't it at least just as strange that the Users Guide (and other places in the Help section I looked, there's no attempt to say how this sort of thing is managed?
I hope you're on Apple's pay roll.
Regards, Peter White.
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the feedback and gold star. Glad to help.
It's no doubt hard to understand why this is in the hidden folder;
That is Aunty Apple protecting us from idiots and malicious users of our **personal** computers.
Users Guide (and other places in the Help section I looked, there's no attempt to say how this sort of thing is managed?
Yes, the documentation lags behind the updates to OS X and Numbers.
I hope you're on Apple's pay roll.
Apple could double my pay and it would still be zero 🙂.
Regards,
Ian.
"isn't it at least just as strange that the Users Guide (and other places in the Help section I looked, there's no attempt to say how this sort of thing is managed?"
Hi Peter,
Page 249, Numbers '09 User Guide, located by searching 'delete file':
Saving a Custom Template
You can save your new template so that it appears in the Template Chooser.
To save a custom template:
The template is saved in your home folder in the following subfolder structure: Library/ Application Support/iWork/Numbers/Templates/My Templates/. It appears in the My Templates pane of the Template Chooser.
the template, and drag the template to the Trash.
(Emphasis—bold italics—added)
What's missing is information on the location of "the folder in which you saved the template," and how to get there if that location is your (user) Library.
The addition of the option key requirement to reach the (User) Library was added with OS X v10.7 (Lion). As Ian notes, it takes a while for the documentation to catch up.
(You'll also find the option key is key to reaching Save As... in Numbers, Pages, and other applications following Apple's current practices.)
Regards,
Barry
Thanks. I learnt quite a lot out of asking that question. Must do it more often. It's fascinating how in spite of such advances in technology, it's so difficult to reach perfection. In the end it is the looking after each other that works. Regards, Peter White.
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