Custom Finder Icons

Hi,
Does anyone know how to create custom icons for various finder items, such as folders or documents?
A friend of mine transferred a folder to me a few weeks ago that was different from the standard.
I'd also like to assign different icons to various Pages docs if possible.
Thanks for your help.
Rich

Hi Rich,
Just "Get Info" on the file or folder (command-i) and paste your icon into the small square at the upper left. You can get sets of new icons at many sites, like Iconfactory. Also, you have icons for everything on your Mac in the system. Take a look at /System/Library/CoreServices to start.
EDIT: Also, /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle (right-click on this to "Show package contents" then follow rest of path)/Contents/Resources.
-mj
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