When a designer is working on an InDesign layout there is no telling just how many swatches they will play with before they pick the ones they want or how many swatches are imported when art or text files are placed from other sources. Maybe the document just uses a lot of colors! 

The new Sort Swatches feature has been added to help keep the swatches list organized. Just select Sort from the Swatches panel menu. You can choose to sort All Swatches By Name or All Swatches By Color Values. Select a group of swatches and the options to sort Selected Swatches By Name and Selected Swatches By Color Values become available.

Order Swatches are Sorted by Color Value

The order in which all or selected swatches are sorted based on their color values is as follows:

  1. CMYK
  2. Lab Color
  3. Mixed Ink
  4. RGB

Note: Swatches in each color mode are then sorted based on color values.

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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy
Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.
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