What is the difference between 'Document', 'Book' and 'Library' in InDesign?

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July 4, 2015
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I often use 'Document' in making files such as brochures and also an ebook. But I never used book nor library when I make a new file. When and where (what type of file) should I use document, book and library? What is there significant difference?

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Correct answer Peter Spier

A Book is a collection of document files. It's a useful method of organizing multiple separate files into a longer publication. A Library is a collection of asset objects you can place into other files. It's commonly used to hold assets that are used over and over to speed up your work.

Peter Spier

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A Book is a collection of document files. It's a useful method of organizing multiple separate files into a longer publication. A Library is a collection of asset objects you can place into other files. It's commonly used to hold assets that are used over and over to speed up your work.

analytical_Harmony0D4DAuthor

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Does 'asset objects' mean something like the graphics and texts? or what?

Peter Spier

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Can be just about anything. A text frame, a photo, a group of objects, an entire page layout...

I seldom use libraries, but I have one annual directory project where I have a library that contains all the section headers in frames, along with some fillers, so I can just drag them from the library as I go along so I don't need to create them fresh each year. Because the listings vary and heading positions are dynamic I can't just set up master pages to handle it.

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