How to use illustrator icons in Adobe InDesign document?

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June 25, 2020
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I newly designed icons using Adobe Illustrator and now would like to use those icons for a document in InDesign. May I ask please how to integrate them? It is not possible to scale the icons when I paste the icons in Adobe InDesign.

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Correct answer Derek Cross

Add them to your library.

Derek Cross

Correct answer

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Add them to your library.

jmlevy

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Place them in your InDesign document. Shortcut is Cmd D (Mac) or Ctrl D (Windows). Even it is possible to copy from Illustrator and paste in InDesign, it is not recommended, but anyway, you should be able to scale the objects.

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defaulthunsofcctdbv

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So I create my log - Done. How do I add to library? How do I add the logo to the InDesign? Just hit CMD D when on the document page? Sorry for not understanding. Could you possibly link a tutorial video? Not sure why when I save it has to do "ai" at the end and then in the InDesign I cannot use the "ai" saved doc....all very frustrating.

jmlevy

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How do I add the logo to the InDesign? Just hit CMD D when on the document page?

Yes.

Not sure why when I save it has to do "ai" at the end and then in the InDesign I cannot use the "ai" saved doc

To be able to import the logo in your InDesign file, the logo filemust be saved (in Illustrator) either as an Illustrator file (.ai) or a PDf file (.pdf). The InDesign file cannot be saved as .ai, only as .indd or exported as .pdf

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