Editing book themes in iPhoto '08

Is there a way to modify the template for a book theme in iPhoto '08?
I'd like to use the Folio theme to create a printable book, but the default text boxes don't meet my needs (I'd like to collapse the three tiny text fields into a single one with a larger font size).
I'd be willing to edit a Library file if that's what is needed.

herve-french,
I have played around with the book themes a little and here's what I have found out so far.
The iPhoto Book Theme support files are located here:
Library > Application Support > iPhoto > Themes.
Each theme for books, calendars, postcards, etc has a folder.
The theme name (what is displayed in iPhoto) is in this file:
Theme-folder > Contents > Resources > language.lproj > Localizable.strings
Theme-folder is the folder name of the theme.
language is English, French, da, etc.
This file opens in Xcode by default, but can be edited by TextEdit.
The theme name is the sixth line of this file. Look for "ThemeName".
To test this discovery I removed a few folders and created a new one:
1) I removed the folders of themes I probably will never use, e.g. baby Boy, Crayon, etc.
2) I copied the folder PictureBook-Hardcover.IPBookTheme and renamed it PictureBookFrancis-Hardcover.IPBookTheme. I then edited PictureBookFrancis-Hardcover.IPBookTheme > Contents > Resources > English.lproj > Localizable.strings, renaming the theme from "Picture Book" to "Picture Book Francis".
Before testing the updated themes, I deleted the theme cache in the iPhoto Library:
Select iPhoto Libary, Control-Click and choose "Show Package Contents". The file to delete is "ThemeCache". I also deleted the folder "Caches",but I don't think that's necessary.
Launch iPhoto, choose to create a new Book, the Theme pop-up window should now exclude the themes that were deleted and it should include the new Theme.
So now I know how to create a new theme based on an existing one. The next step is to figure out how to change the layout and the sizes of photo boxes on the pages. I expect that deleting the ThemeCache file after all changes should load up the updated information.
Needless to say, files and folders should be backed-up.
Regards,
Francis.

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