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"Add to Swatches…" > "From Fill As Global" doesn’t work for text frames or artistic text


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Interesting. I see that on Windows, too.

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In addition, there are many times where “From Fill As Global” doesn’t work with objects. Reproduction is complicated, but it isn’t rare in my workflow. The work around is to quickly make a dummy object, get its color with the color picker, and then select “From Fill As Global” on the new object. That’s always worked.

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1 hour ago, mikeswarts said:

"Add to Swatches…" > "From Fill As Global" doesn’t work for text frames or artistic text. I can create a swatch from a text object, but not a global color.

Are you using a Document Palette? It is the only one which will accept Global Swatches.

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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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41 minutes ago, Old Bruce said:

Are you using a Document Palette? It is the only one which will accept Global Swatches.

Yes, it doesn’t work for me. Does it work for you?

Update: I think I figured out what causes the feature to fail to apply to non-text objects. If the object was copied and pasted in from another document in which the object was filled by global color in that document. Seems like a bug because I obviously want to make it a global color in the current document.

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38 minutes ago, mikeswarts said:

If the object was copied and pasted in from another document in which the object was filled by global color in that document

It is then, already a Global color. Just not one that is recognized in the new document.

You can see similar behavior, I think, if you create an object with a Global fill color, and save it as an Asset, then drag the Asset into a different document. If you check the color name, it says it is a Global color, but it does not act as one without playing some games. I've forgotten the details and would have to experiment to rediscover them.

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20 hours ago, mikeswarts said:

... If the object was copied and pasted in from another document in which the object was filled by global color in that document....

When you do this do you wind up with two document palettes for the swatches?

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Mac OS 12.7.4 
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I have never mastered color management, period, so I cannot help with that.

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