Operation Manual

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Layout and design
Last updated 11/30/2015
Create book files
Create a book file
A book file is a collection of documents that can share styles, swatches, master pages, and other items. You can
sequentially number pages in booked documents, print selected documents in a book, or export them to PDF. One
document can belong to multiple book files.
One of the documents added to a book file is the style source. By default, the style source is the first document in the
book, but you can select a new style source at any time. When you synchronize documents in a book, the specified styles
and swatches from the style source replace those in other booked documents.
Michael Murphy provides a video tutorial about creating books at Book Basics.
1 Choose File > New > Book.
2 Type a name for the book, specify a location, and then click Save.
The Book panel appears. The book file is saved with the file name extension .indb.
3 Add documents to the book file.
Add documents to a book file
When you create a book file, it opens in the Book panel. The Book panel is the working area of a book file, where you
add, remove, or rearrange documents.
1 Choose Add Document in the Book panel menu, or click the plus button at the bottom of the Book panel.
2 Select the Adobe InDesign document or documents you want to add, and then click Open.
You can drag and drop files onto the Book panel from an Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac OS) window. You can
also drag a document from one book to another. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to copy the
document.