Once you have a document layout that you like, you may want to use it as a template for creating something else. This InDesign Secrets tutorial from Lynda.com shows you how to quickly empty out an InDesign document of text and images so it can be reused. You'll learn how to easily remove the text and guides and where to download a handy script that will remove all the images at once.
- I often use one document that I've already finished…as a starting point for a new document,…but I usually need to get rid…of all the text and graphics first.…I want to keep the frames, though,…that way I have something to put…my new text and images into.…So, I'm going to point out a few tips…for getting rid of a bunch of stuff…in your documents quickly.…First, let's tackle the pictures.…If you were good and put all your pictures on one layer,…then you can select them all super quickly…by opening the Layers panel and then holding…down the option, or alt key, and clicking on that layer.…
That selects all the objects on that layer.…If you didn't have all your images on one layer,…then you'd have to click on one…and then shift-click on each of the other ones.…Once you have all these graphic frames selected,…you want to select the images inside those frames.…And you can do that really quickly by clicking…on this little weird-looking button…up here in the control panel.…It looks kind of like an alien…or an octopus with a down arrow.…
David Blatner
Anne-Marie Concepción
Updated
8/17/2017Released
8/25/2011New techniques will be added to the collection every other week, so check back early and often. Find more tips and tricks at indesignsecrets.com.
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