Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 177)

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Layout and design
Last updated 6/6/2015
Be sure to select all styles included in the definition of other styles. For example, an object style may contain
paragraph and character styles, which in turn include swatches.
3 Select Smart Match Style Groups to avoid duplicating uniquely named styles that have been moved into or out of
style groups.
Suppose the style source includes a character style in a style group, and the documents being synchronized include
this same character style outside the style group. If this option is selected, the character style is moved into the style
group in synchronized documents.
If this option is not selected, a second instance of the character style is created in the style group with options that
match the style source. The character style outside the style group does not change.
Note: If a document contains multiple styles that have the same name (for example, Character Style 1 in a style group
and Character Style 1 outside of a style group), InDesign behaves as if the option is not selected. For best results, create
styles with unique names.
4 Click OK.
Synchronize documents in a book file
You can synchronize the book while documents in the book are closed. InDesign opens the closed documents, makes
any changes, and then saves and closes the documents. Documents that are open when you synchronize are changed
but not saved.
1 In the Book panel, click the blank box next to the document that you want to be the style source; the style source
icon
indicates which document is the style source.
2 Make sure that the items you want copied from the style source are selected in the Synchronize Options dialog box.
3 In the Book panel, select the documents you want to synchronize with the style source document. If no document
is selected, the entire book will be synchronized.
To make sure that no documents are selected, click the blank gray area below the booked documents—you may need
to scroll or resize the Book panel. You can also hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and click a
selected document to deselect it.
4 Choose Synchronize Selected Documents or Synchronize Book from the Book panel menu, or click the Synchronize
button
at the bottom of the Book panel.
Note: Choosing Edit > Undo will undo changes only in documents that are open at the time synchronization occurs.
Synchronizing master pages
Master pages are synchronized in the same way as other items—master pages with the same name (such as A-Master)
as those in the style source are replaced. Synchronizing masters is useful for documents that use the same design
elements, such as running headers and footers. However, if you want to preserve page items on a master page in
documents other than the style source, either don’t synchronize master pages or create master pages with different
names.