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Linking text between files

Linking text between files

From the course: Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design

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Linking text between files

- [Instructor] In this exercise, we'll take a look at how we can duplicate text from one document in InDesign, and reuse and link it to another document in InDesign. And on top of that, I also show you how to use that same text in Adobe Illustrator. I'm here inside of Adobe InDesign, where I currently have two documents open. One document is called Input, where I'm using an address text frame. The second one is our project file, where I would like to reuse the exact same address. And, I would like to link both text frames, which means that I if I ever come in and make a change to one, that same change will be reflected into the other. Now, I'll start here in Input, and I'll make sure that I have my CC Libraries panel open. Now, I'll click to select this text frame, and I'll click the plus symbol here at the bottom. From here, I have several options. Now, two options here are quite interesting. The first one is Graphic.…

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