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John37714443fmx3
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April 14, 2026
Question

How to export different color profiles when defining color in Paragraph and Object Styles?

  • April 14, 2026
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My team produces a monthly publication using branded colors (The brand colors were chosen by others and cannot be changed or updated). The colors are defined in several profiles: Pantone Coated, Pantone Uncoated, CMYK, and RGB. When I took this job I created a indt template file that has all the CMYK colors added as swatches and have all objects and text colors set using Object and Paragraph styles from those CMYK based swatches.

 

We recently changed the paper that our printer uses for the publication but the CMYK colors are not reproduced accurately on this paper. Is there a way to export two versions, one for each CMYK and Pantone Spot color without having to have two versions with the Styles changed? Is there a way to automate this process?

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rob day
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 14, 2026

The colors are defined in several profiles: Pantone Coated, Pantone Uncoated,

 

Hi ​@John37714443fmx3 , Just to clarify are you printing the Spot colors as extra plates on an offset press (CMYK + Spot inks) or are the Pantone spot colors going to be converted to CMYK simulations of the spot inks?