Save a book file, Close a book file, Remove book documents – Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual
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Last updated 6/6/2015
Save a book file
Book files are separate from document files. For example, when you choose the Save Book command, InDesign saves
the changes to the book, not the documents in the book.
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Do one of the following:
• To save a book under a new name, choose Save Book As in the Book panel menu, specify a location and filename,
and click Save.
• To save an existing book under the same name, choose Save Book in the Book panel menu, or click the Save
button
at the bottom of the Book panel.
Note: If you are sharing book files over a server, make sure that you have a file management system in place so that you
don’t save over each other’s changes accidentally.
Close a book file
• To close a single book, choose Close Book in the book’s panel menu.
• To close all open books docked together in the same panel, click the close button on the Book panel’s title bar.
Remove book documents
1
Select the document in the Book panel.
2
Choose Remove Document in the Book panel menu.
Removing the document from the book file doesn’t delete the file on disk; the document is removed only from the book
file.
Replace book documents
1
Select the document in the Book panel.
2
Choose Replace Document in the Book panel menu, locate the document you want to replace it with, and then click
Open.
Open a book file in Explorer or Finder
1
In the books panel, select a document.
2
From the books panel menu, choose Reveal In Explorer (Windows) or Reveal In Finder (Mac OS).
A browser window opens that displays the selected file.
Synchronize book documents
When you synchronize documents in a book, the items you specify—styles, variables, master pages, trap presets, cross-
reference formats, conditional text settings, numbered lists, and swatches—are copied from the style source to the
specified documents in the book, replacing any items that have identical names.
If items in the style source are not found in the documents being synchronized, they are added. Items that are not
included in the style source are left as is in the documents being synchronized.
Select items to synchronize
1
Choose Synchronize Options in the Book panel menu.
2
Select the items you want to copy from the style source to other book documents.