Can not delete swatches 1

[ToolsGuy]

I've been working on a document that keeps adding new swatches every time I paste in a table with color backgrounds. I started with a spot color swatch called Orange, but now I have Orange 2, Orange 3, Orange 4, etc. I can't delete them! They are not part of an illustrator file. I can't tell why they keep showing up at all. I'll change the color back to the first Orange but the others keep coming and can't delete them.

 

[jmgalvin]

If you paste in a table that has a background color, ID will import that color every time. Unless something is raserized, ID brings in the color(s). You can't delete them because each swatch is related to a specific table. In most cases it's really not a problem as long as the cmyk values are the same, but a spot could prove problemmatical.

I'd run a preflight and check the colors result to see how many spots are reported. If each orange is reported as it's own spot, it's a problem.

In that case I'd select the table cells and select the original orange as the cell fill for all. If the tables are real big, you can use TableOptions/Fills/Alternating rows and select Orange for both fills. After that you'll be able to delete the other oranges,

 

[ToolsGuy]

Thanks for the reply. I still have the swatches that I can't delete but I was able to get around it. I had to unfortunately change everything to the spot I wanted. I then went into seperation overview to make sure there was nothing with the color. The bad spots still shows in the seperation palette but when I turned everything but the bad color off I couldn't see anything. I still can't figure out why I can't delete it though.

 

[jimoblak]

...every time I paste in a table with color backgrounds...

How are you pasting and from what application?

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Why is everyone in this forum responding to me as picklefish?

 

[ToolsGuy]

From one InDesign document to another. I thought of getting rid of the colors first but it's such pain to take them out and then do them again.