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Hi apologies if this seems a basic or previously answered question but I need some help that I've not managed to find elsewhere.
I create a colour lets say 'Special Red' in my document and add it to 'My Library' so it is available. Now I go to my InDesign Preferences and choose 'Grids' or 'Guides and Pasteboard' for example and then want to change my grids or guides colours to the 'Special Red' created in My Library. So I go to Custom Colour but I don't want to remake 'Special Red' for each I just want to load it from My Library. With some colour choices (top row) I have the option to File-Open from the cog which looks like is the way to do it but I can't locate My Library.
Any help/pointers please !!
Hi vossbark,
The following should work:
Best,
Jeff
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Hi vossbark,
The following should work:
Best,
Jeff
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Hi Jeff,
Thanks for that it works!
Is there a way to take it to the next stage, in that once I've picked my colour 'special red' with the dropper I can name it so that the name appears in the pop up as its real name rather than just 'custom'. As I would like to be able to have multiple custom colours.
Cheers
Nic
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Yes, click and drag the custom color in the window to one of the small squares to its right. It will then be available in the popup menus for all guides (See screenshot.)
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Again Brilliant, many thanks. Last question....
Can I name these custom colours? In the pop-up I'm now left with just 'custom colour' as a table whereas I'd really like to see the names that I have given the custom colours such as 'special red', 'lovelier red' 'even more lovely red' etc.!
Is this possible ?
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Not that I've been able to find.
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Thanks anyway you've been very helpful. I'm hopeful there will be a way fingers crossed!