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192 Color Handling

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.

Make Named Color local to Frame/Layer

When you click this button, a new named color is created which is identical to
the one you have selected.

This new color is then applied to all objects in the current frame or layer that use the
selected named color. This means that with one click you can localize a color to the
frame/layer. You can then independently edit the original color and this localized color.

This feature is useful when you are creating animations and you want an object's color to
change part way through the animation.

This button is dimmed unless you are editing a named color that is also used in another
frame or layer.