Unlocking hidden frames and strokes for iBooks Author

Perhaps you know that there are hidden frames and strokes available for Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. There is even an installer (http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32390/frames-and-strokes-installer).
These same frames and strokes are available on iBooks Author.
Work on a backup copy for safety, of course.
To reveal hidden strokes, change iBooks Author.app/Contents/Resources/KFGraphicInspectorSmartStrokes.plist to:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
          <string>Chalk2</string>
          <string>Feathered Brush</string>
          <string>Calligraphy</string>
          <string>Dry Brush</string>
          <string>Doodles</string>
          <string>BrushA</string>
          <string>Chalk</string>
          <string>Chisel</string>
          <string>Diamonds</string>
          <string>Fat</string>
          <string>Fuzzy Overstroke</string>
          <string>Outset</string>
          <string>Overstroke</string>
          <string>Repeating Squiggle</string>
          <string>Rounded</string>
          <string>Swipe</string>
          <string>Wobbly Overstroke</string>
</array>
</plist>
To reveal hidden frames, change iBooks Author.app/Contents/Resources/KFGraphicInspectorFrames.plist to
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<array>
          <string>Headlines</string>
          <string>Formal Shadow</string>
          <string>Scrapbook2b</string>
          <string>Vintage Inset</string>
          <string>Crayon Line</string>
          <string>Blackboard</string>
          <string>Pushpin</string>
          <string>Green Paper</string>
          <string>School Play</string>
          <string>Antique</string>
          <string>Formal Inset</string>
          <string>Baby</string>
          <string>brownbook</string>
          <string>Classic Silk</string>
          <string>Comic_blue</string>
          <string>Comic_shadow</string>
          <string>comic_v1</string>
          <string>Creme_Main</string>
          <string>Creme_Sidebar</string>
          <string>Creme_Small</string>
          <string>dots</string>
          <string>Fine_Artist</string>
          <string>Freestyle</string>
          <string>Graph Paper</string>
          <string>green_linen</string>
          <string>hardcover-burgundy</string>
          <string>Hardcover</string>
          <string>hardcover-1</string>
          <string>Highlighter</string>
          <string>Jet Set</string>
          <string>kids-blue</string>
          <string>kids-pink</string>
          <string>kids_v1</string>
          <string>Leather Book</string>
          <string>leatherbook</string>
          <string>Letterpress</string>
          <string>Linen Book</string>
          <string>Modern</string>
          <string>Moroccan</string>
          <string>Nature</string>
          <string>Nature2</string>
          <string>NewTravel</string>
          <string>Nightlife</string>
          <string>None</string>
          <string>notebook_iweb</string>
          <string>Notebook</string>
          <string>oldwhite</string>
          <string>orangebook</string>
          <string>orangewood</string>
          <string>organic_v2</string>
          <string>Parchment</string>
          <string>photostack_v1</string>
          <string>Pinstripe</string>
          <string>Playtime_Blue</string>
          <string>Playtime_Green</string>
          <string>Playtime_waves</string>
          <string>Playtime</string>
          <string>Portfolio Inset</string>
          <string>Portfolio</string>
          <string>PrintedPaper</string>
          <string>RoadTrip_receipt</string>
          <string>Roadtrip</string>
          <string>rosewood</string>
          <string>Scrapbook2a</string>
          <string>Screenprint-Brush</string>
          <string>Showcase</string>
          <string>Silkscreen</string>
          <string>Spiral</string>
          <string>spiralbook-creme</string>
          <string>spiralbook</string>
          <string>Storyboard</string>
          <string>Tech Black</string>
          <string>Typeset</string>
          <string>Venetian</string>
          <string>Venetian2</string>
          <string>Vintage</string>
          <string>Watercolor_iweb</string>
          <string>Watercolor</string>
          <string>Watermark</string>
          <string>White Corners</string>
          <string>woodbook_v1</string>
</array>
</plist>

OK-here oare my modified plists. They work for me to allow the use of the new frames I hope you find them useful
1) Right click on the ibook author icon under applications and show package contents
2) Navigate to Contents:Resources and make a copy of KFGraphicInspectorFrames.plist ; SLGraphicInspectorFrames.plist and KFGraphicInspectorSmartStrokes.plist.
3) Copy the plists below into your Resources folder.
4) Close and open author- Your new frames and strokes should be available under inspector.
http://www.box.com/s/fr6erqe4yt05fyojyzi2
http://www.box.com/s/eh0bk13h33uidfayhunx
http://www.box.com/s/qx2bjeytgr9a260rprp6
*I do not warranty the work so always make a backup.

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