Hello,
On my iPad, I would like to use a template I created on the desktop version. I have not been able to find where the template files are stored. Could anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance.
You canāt use user-created project templates in Dorico for iPad, Iām afraid. The best you can do is have the template project file on your iPad somewhere, then when you want to start a new project using that template, make a copy of it in the Files app, then open that file in Dorico for iPad and work on it from there.
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To grab templates from your desktop version, though:
Windows: %APPDATA%\Roaming\Steinberg\Dorico 4\Project Templates
macOS: /Users/your-username/Library/Application Support/Steinberg/Dorico 4/Project Templates/
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Thank you both for your replies. They are helpful and will get the job done.
Is this still a limitation? Iām currently just starting on my iPad to compliment the MacBook version and it would be a great qualify of life improvement to say, be able to point the template location to a central cloud location so donāt have to manage multiple templates/ files for this kind of thing.
Yes, at the present time itās still not possible to use custom project templates in Dorico for iPad.
Itās about time that a template feature should be available for iPad.
Any news regarding future updates and if this feature is on the developer list?
Best regards - Christoph
The free iPad version mimics Dorico SE and the paid version mimics Dorico Elements. Neither of these permit custom templates.
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Thanks Janus for your response.
That would mean that will never be a template option for iPad then? That would be really sad and not very helpful. I think this feature should be elementaryā¦ but everybody might have different ideas about that.
Nothing prevents one from creating a file āin oneās own imageā and using that as the basis for future projects. Just be sure to Save Asā¦ before starting to work on each new project.
Just follow @Derrekās advice. That is what we used to do before the Team introduced templates.
Thanks for the feedback and the suggestion. Iām not sure if I understand correctly. Do you mean having a Doricofile prepared outside of Dorico in the finder and then duplicate it and import it for new projects into Dorico?
Best regards - Christoph
Indeed, you could for example have a folder of custom templates in a folder in your Files app. Before you start a new project, you could open the Files app, find your template project, create a copy of it (you can long-press an icon in the Files app to show a useful pop-up menu of options), give the copy a suitable name, and then open the copy in Dorico. At that point, you have (in a couple more steps than choosing it directly from the Hub) effectively started a new project from a template.
We certainly donāt categorically rule out changing the way existing features are distributed between the different versions of Dorico, but as others have said, for right now, custom project templates are a feature only of Dorico Pro, and hence theyāre not included in any of the other variants, either on desktop or on iPad.
One could likely use the computer OS to make the faux-template folder read-only once ātemplateā files have been installed. That would lessen the chance of overwriting one before executing a Save Asā¦