How to change layers through the whole InDesign Book files?

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February 2, 2022
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Hi everybody, i have a INDD book with 36 documents. All of these doc have the same LEVELS.

There is a way to change them from the book for all 36 doc?

Thanks for your time, and sorry for my english.

How to

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Correct answer Geоrge

Try this - https://creativepro.com/topic/any-way-to-synchronize-a-book-to-turn-onoff-layers/#post-56977

GeоrgeCorrect answer

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Try this - https://creativepro.com/topic/any-way-to-synchronize-a-book-to-turn-onoff-layers/#post-56977

Remember, never say you can't do something in InDesign, it's always just a question of finding the right workaround to get the job done. © David Blatner

pimt66400999

Participating Frequently

Hello George,
Now after InDesign update 2023 18.0 x64 this magic script doesn't seem to work properly any more... I've used this script since CS5 for user manual book documents with a pictures layer, a lay-out layer and multiple language layers.
The script now gets caught up in a 'save as' loop and when you press cancel in stead of 'save' after unsuccessfully trying over and over again to save the concerning document... this is the result:

Does anyone else experience this problem?
Unfortunately the creator of this helpful script, Theunis de Jong, passed away in 2020... may he rest in peace.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

I see the version number is increasing, but unfortunately the same error keeps returning...

I'm sorry this isn't working for you. The dialog certainly seems to indicate that it is trying to run as version 17.

I'm going to install it here and see what happens.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

There doesn't seem to be a setting in the sychronize tool in the Book panel to synch layers, but you can synch master pages, so it's maybe possible you could do it through a back door.You can do some experimenting.

Layers are document wide, so if you change them on any page they change for all pages in the document. Try adding or editing a master page in one file, set it as the synch source, set the synch options to master pages only, and see waht happens. Do this on a test book, NOT your working project until you know what happens.