Why Is InDesign No Longer Prompting for PANTONE Colors in Documents?

[Roger Breton]

I noticed lately, when opening an InDesign document containing PANTONE colors in the Swatches palette such as this one:

that InDesign no longer prompts me for the presence of PANTONE colors?
As of October 21 2024
(I have v20 installed and ready to fire up but I'm staying in v19 for my class)

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[rob day]

Hi @Roger Breton , InDesign no longer installs Pantone .acb files when you upgrade, but you can still do it manually. If the .acb files exist in Applications⁩ ▸ ⁨Adobe InDesign 202X⁩ ▸ ⁨Presets⁩ ▸ ⁨Swatch Libraries⁩, I would not expect any kind of alert when opening a document referencing Pantone .acb colors. You can download .acb files from the link below or subscribe to Pantone Connect.

https://github.com/Autocrit/Pantone-color-libraries

[Roger Breton]

Thanks Rob.

I'd rather point my students to GitHub than to supply them myself the old *.acb format files.

No V4 libraries in sight?

[rob day]

The github .acb files have considerably more colors than the .acb files that shipped with CS6. There are probably new colors not included in the .acbs, but if that is important then the only option will be Pantone Connect. Are your students really paying to have Spot Color separations printed on an offset press?

[Roger Breton]

Of course, there are "have considerably more colors than the .acb files that shipped with CS6". Are you familiar with V3 vs V4 vs V5 PANTONE Solid Coated Colors yourself? My students are not rich and can't afford to upgrapde their swatchbooks every year PANTONE upgrade their library. Many of my students gladly get involved in commercial printing projects during their studies. 

[rob day]

The github files come from the discontinued Pantone Color Manager, so it’s unlikely anyone will be posting updated .acb files.