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February 8, 2026
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What is the best way to change color settings for an indb with 7 indd?

  • February 8, 2026
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The printer changed their preferred profile, so now I have to convert 7 indd files and the indb in which they are gathered. I don’t have the time to to start over, changing all 7 indd file color settings and then creating a new indb. If I change the current indb color settings and let ID match the individual files, I get “corrupted file” error messages and ID shuts down. What should I do?

With appreciation for the help of community members more experienced than I.

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    Mike Witherell
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    Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
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    February 8, 2026

    Why not simply export to a PDFx/4 and choose their preferred profile? Why risk giving them a “booked” set of InDesign files?

     

    And by the way, this forum has been dominated the past several weeks with a problem with a Windows Update bad update which is causing files to not save, corrupt, and not work with OneDrive. The fix is to either remove a Windows Update patch to go back to a OS condition before that patch; or else some have had success patching forward to the latest Windows 11 update.

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    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
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    February 8, 2026

    As it’s only 7 documents, the easiest way is probably this:
    Close your current book file, then open each INDD one by one and apply the new colour settings.
    Once that’s done, create a fresh book file and add the updated INDDs to it.

    This avoids the crashes that can happen if InDesign tries to force a colour change across the whole book.

     

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    jayasri_8989Author
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    February 8, 2026

    Thank you, Eugene! I figured I might have to do that but was hoping to avoid. Do I have to empty any cache after startup if I don’t open the Book?

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