InDesign

Create an object library

An object library exists as a named file on disk. When you create an object library, you specify where to store it. When you open a library, it appears as a panel that you can group with any other panel; the object library’s file name appears in its panel tab. Closing an object library removes it from the current session, but doesn’t delete its file.

You can add or remove objects, selected page elements, or an entire page of elements to or from an object library. You can also add or move library objects from one library to another.

  1. Choose File > New > Library.
  2. Specify a location and name for the library, and click Save. Remember that the name you specify becomes the name of the library’s panel tab.

Open an existing library

 Do one of the following:

  • If you’ve already opened a library in the current session (and haven’t closed it), choose the library file in the Window menu.

  • If you have not opened a library, choose File > Open, and select one or more libraries. In Windows, library files use the INDL extension. InDesign converts newly opened libraries from previous versions of the program to the new library format; you are asked to save these libraries under a new name.

Close a library

  1. Click the tab for the library you want to close.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Choose Close Library in the Object Library panel menu.

    • Choose the library file name on the Window menu.

Delete a library

 In Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS), drag a library file to the Recycle Bin (Windows) or Trash (Mac OS). In Windows, library files have the INDL extension.