Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 621)

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ANPA Color
DIC Color
Focoltone
HKS
Copy swatches between InDesign documents
You can copy or drag a swatch (or objects with a swatch applied) from one document to another. When you do so, the swatch is added to the
destination document’s Swatches panel. If you want to copy the swatch’s tints and gradients as well, you need to copy the original object, not just
the swatch.
Do one of the following:
Copy an object into the current document using drag-and-drop or copy-and-paste.
Select the swatches you want to copy and drag them from the Swatches panel to the document window of another InDesign document.
If you drag a swatch that has an identical name as an existing swatch (including capitalization) but has different color values, InDesign
renames the swatch “[original swatch name] 2.”
Load swatches from predefined custom color libraries
You can select from a range of color libraries—including the PANTONE Process Color System, Toyo™ Ink Electronic Color Finder™ 1050, the
Focoltone® color system, the Trumatch™ color swatch system, the DIC Process Color Note, and libraries created especially for web use. Before
using swatches from a color matching system, consult with your prepress service providers to determine which ones they support.
1. Choose New Color Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.
2. Do one of the following:
Choose the library file from the Color Mode list.
Choose Other Library from the Color Mode list, locate the library file, and then click Open.
3. Select one or more swatches from the library, and click Add. (To exit the dialog box without adding swatches, click OK.)
4. When you are done adding swatches, click Done.
Color libraries installed with InDesign
InDesign installs color libraries for the color matching systems described below. You can install additional color libraries and load swatches from
them in InDesign.
Consists of 300 colors selected by ANPA (American Newspaper Publishers Association). Colors in this library are primarily used as
spot colors in newspapers.
Provides 1280 CMYK spot colors from the DIC Process Color Note. Colors may be matched against the DIC Color Guide, published
by Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc. For more information, contact Dainippon Ink & Chemicals, Inc., in Tokyo, Japan.
Consists of 763 CMYK colors. You can use Focoltone colors to help avoid prepress trapping and registration problems by viewing the
Focoltone charts that show the overprints that make up the colors.
A swatch book with specifications for process and spot colors, overprint charts, and a chip book for marking up layouts are available from
Focoltone. For more information, contact Focoltone International, Ltd., in Stafford, United Kingdom.
Use when your job specifies colors from the HKS color system, which is used in Europe.
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