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Hi,
I would like to make a color swatch global in Indesign. When I click create new swatch, usually there is a "global" option that I can tick. That "global" option does not appear in my new swatch dialog box.
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How can I enable it?
Thanks
Also, if a fill or stroke is a Color, but not a Swatch (see the Color panel), the colors can be added to the Swatches panel via Add Unnamed Colors:
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If in Indesign all the swatches are global, that would mean if I change a swatch color, all objects that have that color would be impacted by the color change. However that is not happening. So my issue is still not resolved...
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Then you didn't apply them using the swatch.
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Can you show us an example?
Here's how it works. In my example, all objects are assigned the cyan swatch:
Dbl click to edit the swatch—the unselected frames update their fill color—just like a global color in Illustrator.
~Barb
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Thank you! I was looking for something that is already automatic. So for a global color function, I should alwyas assign the swatch to an object.
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Yes.
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Also, if a fill or stroke is a Color, but not a Swatch (see the Color panel), the colors can be added to the Swatches panel via Add Unnamed Colors: