Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 362)

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Create an object library
An object library exists as a named file on disk. When you create an object library, you specify where to store it. When
you open a library, it appears as a panel that you can group with any other panel; the object library’s file name appears
in its panel tab. Closing an object library removes it from the current session, but doesn’t delete its file.
You can add or remove objects, selected page elements, or an entire page of elements to or from an object library. You
can also add or move library objects from one library to another.
1 Choose File > New > Library.
2 Specify a location and name for the library, and click Save. Remember that the name you specify becomes the
name of the library’s panel tab.
Open an existing library
❖ Do one of the following:
• If you’ve already opened a library in the current session (and haven’t closed it), choose the library file in the
Window menu.
• If you have not opened a library, choose File > Open, and select one or more libraries. In Windows, library files
use the INDL extension. InDesign converts newly opened libraries from previous versions of the program to the
new library format; you are asked to save these libraries under a new name.
Close a library
1 Click the tab for the library you want to close.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Close Library in the Object Library panel menu.
• Choose the library file name on the Window menu.
Delete a library
❖ In Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS), drag a library file to the Recycle Bin (Windows) or Trash (Mac OS).
In Windows, library files have the INDL extension.
Add an object or page to a library
❖ Do any of the following:
• Drag one or more objects from a document window to an active Object Library panel.
• Select one or more objects in a document window, and click the New Library Item button in the Object Library
panel.
• Select one or more objects in a document window, and choose Add Item in the Object Library panel menu.
• Choose Add Items On Page [number] As Separate Objects in the Object Library panel menu to add all the objects
as separate library objects.
• Choose Add Items On Page [number] in the Object Library panel menu to add all the objects as one library object.
• Drag an element from the Structure pane to an active Object Library panel.
If you hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while you perform any of the above commands, the Item Infor-
mation dialog box appears as the item is added to the library.