Standardizing AttributesOne reason to use the Books feature is to standardize paragraph styles, character styles, swatches, table of contents styles, and trap styles across multiple documents. You can do this by identifying one document as the source document that will be used as the standard for all other documents in the book. By default the source document is the first file you added to the book, but you can change this by clicking to the left of the name of any document in the palette. Then, just like XPress, you can synchronize the entire book by choosing the Synchronize Book command from the flyout menu (see Figure 88-1) or by clicking the Synchronize icon at the bottom of the Book palette. If you first select two or more documents in the palette, InDesign will only synchronize those files. Figure 88-1. Although you create and open a book from the File menu, it opens as a separate palette.If a style or swatch exists in the source document but not in another book document, it will be added to the book document. If the styles or swatches conflict, those used in the source document will be used to replace the conflicting styles. You can also select which attributes InDesign will synchronize (and which it won't) by selecting Synchronize Options from the flyout menu prior to synchronizing the pages (see Figure 88-2). Figure 88-2. Using the Synchronize Options dialog box you can select which attributes are standardized across book chapters. |