Reusing graphics and text, Ways to reuse graphics and text, Use snippets – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Graphics
Last updated 11/16/2011
Edit original artwork using a different application
1 Select the image.
2 Choose Edit > Edit With, and then specify the application you want to use to open the file. If the application does
not appear, choose Other, and browse to locate the application.
Reusing graphics and text
Ways to reuse graphics and text
InDesign offers several different ways to repurpose graphics and text.
Snippets
A snippet is a file that contains objects and describes their location relative to one another on a page or
spread. (See “
Object libraries
An object library provides a convenient place to store items such as logos, sidebars, pull-quotes, and
other repeating items. (See “
Templates
A template is a document that includes placeholder text and graphics. (See “
page 104.)
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Use snippets
A snippet is a file that holds objects and describes their location relative to one another on a page or page spread. Use
snippets to conveniently reuse and position page objects. Create a snippet by saving objects in a snippet file, which has
the .IDMS extension. (Previous InDesign versions use the .INDS extension.) When you place the snippet file in
InDesign, you can determine whether the objects land in their original positions or where you click. You can store
snippets in the Object library and in Adobe Bridge as well as on your hard disk.
Snippets contents retain their layer associations when you place them. When a snippet contains resource definitions
and these definitions are also present in the document to which it is copied, the snippet uses the resource definitions
in the document.
Snippets you create in InDesign CS5 can be opened in InDesign CS4 but not in any other previous version of InDesign.
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Create snippets
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Do one of the following:
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Using a selection tool, select one or more objects, and then choose File
> Export. From the Save As Type (Windows)
or Format (Mac
OS) menu, choose InDesign Snippet. Type a name for the file and click Save.
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Using a selection tool, select one or more objects, and then drag the selection to your desktop. A snippet file is
created. Rename the file.