Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 430)

INDESIGN CS3
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Customize swatch display
You can control the size of swatches and whether the name displays with the swatch.
1 In the Swatches panel menu, choose one of the following:
• Name displays a small swatch next to the name of the swatch. The icons to the right of the name show the color
model (CMYK, RGB, and so on), and whether the color is a spot color, process color, registration color, or none.
• Small Name displays compacted swatch panel rows.
• Small Swatch or Large Swatch displays only the swatch. A triangle with a dot in the corner of the swatch indicates
that the color is a spot color. A triangle without a dot indicates a process color.
2 To set what type of swatches display, click one of the following buttons at the bottom of the Swatches panel:
• Show All Swatches displays all color, tint, and gradient swatches.
• Show Color Swatches displays only process color, spot color, mixed ink color, and tint swatches.
• Show Gradient Swatches displays only gradient swatches.
Note: The None swatch is always displayed regardless of which button you click.
Delete swatches
When you delete a swatch that has been applied to an object in the document, InDesign prompts you for a
replacement swatch. You can designate an existing or unnamed swatch. If you delete a swatch used as the basis of a
tint or mixed ink, you will be prompted to choose a replacement.
Delete individual swatches
1 Select one or more swatches.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Delete Swatch in the Swatches panel menu.
• Click the Delete icon at the bottom of the Swatches panel.
Note: You cannot delete spot colors that are used by placed graphics in the document. To delete these colors, you must
first delete the graphic.
3 InDesign asks you how to replace the swatch you’re deleting. Do one of the following, and click OK:
• To replace all instances of the swatch with another swatch, click Defined Swatch, and choose a swatch in the menu.
• To replace all instances of the swatch with an equivalent unnamed color, click Unnamed Swatch.
Delete all unused swatches
1 Choose Select All Unused in the Swatches panel menu. Only swatches that are not currently used in the active file
will be selected.
2 Click the Delete icon.
Save swatches for use in other documents
To use your color swatches in other files or to share them with other designers, you can save swatches in an Adobe
Swatch Exchange (.ase) file. InDesign, as well as Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, can import swatches from a
Colorbook file.
1 In the Swatches panel, select the swatches you want to save.