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202 Color Handling

any named colors in the imported design which have the same names but different color
values as colors in the current design, an alert appears as follows:

If you want the imported objects to inherit the colors of your current design, choose the
“MATCH” option. This makes all objects using a given named color use the existing
instance of that color as it appears in the current document.
Alternatively if you want the imported objects to keep their own independent colors,
select the “DON’T MATCH” option. This adds new named colors into your design, with a
number appended to the color names to distinguish them from the colors already in the
current design. This allows the imported objects to keep their original colors.

Note that if you import objects from lots of different designs and choose “DON'T MATCH”
each time, you will end up with a large number of separate Named Colors on your color
line. This is rarely useful. So a better option is to use the Replace Color facility described
above to change the colors of objects where you don’t want them to pick up the theme
colors of your document.
The same prompt is shown if there are Text Style definition differences between the
document and the imported design. So seeing this prompt does not necessarily mean
that there are different named color definitions – it could just be due to Text Style
differences. See the Text Styles section of the Text Handling chapter for details.
The match prompt above includes a “DON’T ASK ME AGAIN” checkbox. If you check this,
the option you choose will be assumed for all future imports, without asking you again.
However this only applies during the current session, so after a program restart you will
be asked again on the next import if there is a color clash.

Using the MATCH option means that you can choose a template, change its theme colors
and then import more templates of the same theme and the imported designs will
immediately pick up your modified theme colors.

For example, import a red graphical button from the ONLINE CONTENT CATALOG, change
its main theme color from red to green, then import a red logo graphic of the same theme
and choose the “MATCH” option. When the logo appears in your design, instead of being
red it will have picked up your chosen green theme color automatically. Since most
themes have their main theme color named “Theme color 1”, you will also usually get
good results when importing graphics from different themes and matching the colors.