find a color

[askari]

How do I go about finding an Instance of a colour swatch within an Indesign CS document?
I have placed some elements with spot colours into the document from other files and I want to replace the old colours with new colours. Im aware I can do this using aliases in the separations settings but I'd prefer to remove/replace the swatch without having to manually go searching for them.

Thanks

 

[MarcusStringer]

If you delete the swatch out of the swatch window it should ask you to replace it with something.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[askari]

Thanks for the response but if I select the swatch the option is greyed out so I cant delete it.

 

[MarcusStringer]

So when you click on the swatch to be deleted the rubiish bin is greyed out
and doesn't work when you click on it?
Does it have a pencil with a red line through it?



Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[askari]

Yep, I have 3 PMS spot colors, all of which, when selected have the rubbish bin greyed out so I cant delete them..... although I only want to delete 1 color.

None of them have the pencil icon crossed out with a red line.

I figured that I cant delete it because it is being used in the Indesign doc so I want to find where its being used so I can replace the color which will then allow me to delete it... or at least thats Im hoping thats what will happen!

 

[MarcusStringer]

What have you placed. Tif, eps, PDF etc?
Are the colours in the things you've placed?
Because I can't recreate what you've got.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[askari]

I do have some duotone eps files but Ive updated all the colors so they shouldn't be using the PMS color that I want to delete... which brings me back to my original question... How do I go about finding an Instance of a colour swatch within an Indesign CS document?

thanks for your Help!!

 

[taoofbean]

I found this solution in an older Tek Tips document.

1. Create a new document

2. In that document, create a process color but give it the same name as the spot color that you want to remove (e.g. "PANTONE 447 U" as capitalization counts)

3. Make a book consisting only of the two documents.

4. Ensure the new document is configured as the style source in the book palette.

4. Synchronize the documents (in the book palette)

5. Now you will be able to delete the color from the swatches pallet of the previously relunctant file as it has now been overwritten by the new document's color.