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CHAPTER 3 • Working with Color
KillerTips
InDesign CS/CS2
Here’s a nice time saver—if you’ve created a color in the Color
palette, the quickest way to save that color to your Swatches
palette is to just drag-and-drop it. Just click directly on the
preview swatch in the Color palette, and drag that over to the
Swatches palette. Again, you’ll see the cursor change to a hand
with a plus (+) sign, and a black horizontal line will appear in the
Swatches palette right where your swatch will appear—all you
have to do is let go of the mouse button and that custom color
will now be saved as a color swatch in your Swatches palette.
DRAG FROM PALETTE TO ...