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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSB90FE670-3014-42f5-992C-32A917FED6DE"><h4 class="topictitle4">Create snippets</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSB2609F67-E117-4e4e-981F-BFF65F2DF828a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Add snippets to a document</h4>
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</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>A <dfn class="term">snippet</dfn> is
a file that holds objects and describes their location relative
to one another on a page or page spread. Use snippets to conveniently
reuse and position page objects. Create a snippet by saving objects
in a snippet file, which has the .IDMS extension. (Previous InDesign
versions use the .INDS extension.) When you place the snippet file
in InDesign, you can determine whether the objects land in their
original positions or where you click. You can store snippets in
the Object library and in Adobe Bridge as well as on your hard disk.</p>
<p>Snippets
contents retain their layer associations when you place them. When
a snippet contains resource definitions and these definitions are
also present in the document to which it is copied, the snippet
uses the resource definitions in the document. </p>
<p>Snippets you
create in InDesign CS4 cannot be opened in previous versions of InDesign.</p>
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<div id="WSB90FE670-3014-42f5-992C-32A917FED6DE" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB90FE670-3014-42f5-992C-32A917FED6DE"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Create snippets</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Using a selection tool, select one or more
objects, and then choose File&#160;&gt; Export. From the Save
As Type (Windows) or Format (Mac&#160;OS) menu, choose InDesign
Snippet. Type a name for the file and click Save.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Using a selection tool, select one or more objects,
and then drag the selection to your desktop. A snippet file is created.
Rename the file.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Drag an item from Structure View to your desktop.</p>
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<div id="WSB2609F67-E117-4e4e-981F-BFF65F2DF828a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSB2609F67-E117-4e4e-981F-BFF65F2DF828a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Add snippets to a document</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose
File&#160;&gt; Place.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select one or more snippet (*.IDMS or *.INDS) files.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click the loaded snippet cursor where you want the upper-left
corner of the snippet file to be.</span> <p>If you placed the insertion point in a text frame, the
snippet is placed in the text as an anchored object.</p>
<p>All objects
remain selected after you place the snippet. By dragging, you can adjust
the position of all objects.</p>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If you loaded more than one snippet, scroll and click
the loaded snippet cursor to place the others.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can drag a snippet file from your
desktop into the InDesign document and click where you want the
upper-left corner of the snippet to be.</div></div>
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to where you click on a page, you can place them in their original
locations. For example, a text frame that appeared in the middle
of a page when it was made part of a snippet can appear in the same
location when you place it as a snippet. </p>
<ul><li><p>In File
Handling preferences, choose Position At Original Location to preserve objects’
original locations in snippets; choose Position At Cursor Location
to place snippets according to where you click a page.</p>
</li>
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<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />You can press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) to
override the Position setting you selected for handling snippets.
For example, if you selected Position At Cursor Location but you
want to place snippet objects in their original locations, hold
down the Alt/Option key when you click the loaded snippet cursor
on the page.</div></div>
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