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simplicissimus_257
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November 13, 2023
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Parapgraph Style Folder to CC Library

  • November 13, 2023
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Good day everyone!
Is there a way to save multiple folders of paragraph styles in one document to the CC Library to reuse them with the same folder structure in another document (I have grouped ToC, Cover, Main Document Styles, etc into folders and would like to keep this structure for similar documents)?

 

I have searched for this already, but found the latest reply on it in 2018, which was to suggest it for development..

Thank you

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    Mike Witherell
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    Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
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    November 18, 2023

    Text attributes and paragraph and character styles are notably incompatible between InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop in so many ways.

    Why doesn't Adobe make a translator app to convert styles between ID, AI, and PSD? <wish>

    Mike Witherell
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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    November 17, 2023

    @simplicissimus_257 said: "… The load styles is great, but not if I also want to use these styles in Illustrator. …"

     

    Hm.

    That is yet another issue.

    Automatically you'll never get the structure and order of styles from InDesign to Illustrator ( character styles included ). And also not their functionality; think e.g. of GREP styles or any of the nested styles used with InDesign's paragraph styles.

     

    Another feature that is not supported if you exchange paragraph styles from InDesign with Illustrator is the Language property… ( and there are many more that do not fit into Illustrator's representation and feature set of paragraph styles; not to speak from style names that are possible with Illustrator and are not with InDesign! ) .

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
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    simplicissimus_257Author
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    November 17, 2023

    Ok, so this means that it is maybe best to create a template document and use the load styles option to use the organised paragraph styles in a new project. And if I need one of these paragraph styles in Ill or PS, just save this specific one to the CC Library and adopt it to the needs there. Correct?

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    November 17, 2023

    "And if I need one of these paragraph styles in Ill or PS, just save this specific one to the CC Library and adopt it to the needs there. Correct?"

     

    Hi @simplicissimus_257 ,

    well, yes, that's the way to go.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

    Mike Witherell
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    Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
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    November 16, 2023

    If you save a textframe example that has grouped paragraph styles on it, then later when dragging this snippet out of CC Libraries, it will also bring the paragraph styles.

    Mike Witherell
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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    November 17, 2023

    Hi Mike,

    the bigger question is if the order of paragraph styles and style groups is maintained.

    And what happens if there are already paragraph styles with the same name ( but different definitions ) in the target document.

     

    I'd rather go with a different approach:

    the Load Styles feature of the paragraph styles panel.

    Source could be InDesign or IDML files.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender
    ( Adobe Community Expert )

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    simplicissimus_257Author
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    November 17, 2023

    Thank you both @Mike Witherell and @Laubender for your ideas. Saving a textframe is a very useful option that I did not know about, but it does not help a lot for the complete paragraph setup I want to reuse (includes ToC, Figures, Quotes, Body, etc). 
    The load styles is great, but not if I also want to use these styles in Illustrator. One example: I am creating a text document and need a graphic using the same paragraph styles for consistency, which I will create in Illustrator. Also, maybe I need to highlight certain areas of a photo, so I want to add these descriptions in photoshop, again using the same styles.
    For all of these applications it would be very helpful to have everything stored in CC and being able to select the same styles. 
    Further, if I want to share or co-work on a new document with a client, CC would be the most convenient place to put this paragraph style structure, as far as I understand. Please correct me if I am wrong (or have a wrong perception of this workflow).

     

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