Object style mapping

[Scott-GRIN]

Im trying to create an alternate layout – One for digital and one for print. I've managed to map the paragraph styles from the master but is it possible to map object styles in a similar manner?

The way it will work is there'll be a style for active and one for inactive. However the colours used on the print and digital will be different so using the same style.

Desired digital view

Desired print view

If this isn't possible can anyone help me by offering an alternative. Thank you

[cinziamarotta]

Hi,

you can just duplicate the object styles in the new layout and change the options. Then apply the new style.

[Scott-GRIN]

The problem with this however is that its possible that the object style will need to change in the master design to an alternative.

For example in the master design I could have the object style 'on' activated and in the alternate layout, have 'on/alt' activated. The problem is if I change the master then to use the 'off' object style I want it to automatically update the alternate layout to 'off/alt'.

Hope that makes sense.

[Steve Werner · Accepted solution]

That is not a feature in InDesign. Perhaps it could be scripted. You might ask in the InDesign Scripting forum but I doubt there is a script for it already. You might have to pay to have it done.

InDesign Scripting

[Scott-GRIN]

Thanks for this.

It might be a daft question but to ask the scripting forum is it advised to re-ask the question in that forum or somehow link it to this thread?

New guy question

[Steve Werner]

You could create a link to this thread but it generally better form to restate the issue and mention that it's not yet an InDesign feature.