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Ask DN: Sketch Symbol Feature for Illustrator and InDesign?

over 7 years ago from , UX Designer

Is there a way to update and reuse content dynamically (Sketch app symbol feature) in Illustrator or InDesign?

I would use Sketch, but the company I work only has Adobe CC products at the moment and will not use Sketch because we have PCs in our workflow.

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  • Sean DellisSean Dellis, over 7 years ago

    Yep, Illustrator has the ability to create Symbols.

    http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/16/an-in-depth-study-of-symbols-in-illustrator-cs5/

    InDesign has Object Libraries, but I don't think they work the same as Illustrator's symbols.

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    • Aaron CalzadoAaron Calzado, over 7 years ago

      Thanks a bunch! I learned a bit more about Illustrator and InDesign.

      Now, is there a better way to update text and styles without having to paste/manually edit every object in the file? Sort of like a find and replace.

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      • Sean DellisSean Dellis, over 7 years ago

        Glad to hear it.

        In Illustrator, for text you can use Edit -> Find and Replace. To simply swap fonts you can use Type -> Find Font.

        You would have to assign them first, but Illustrator has Character and Paragraph Styles under Window -> Type.

        InDesign has a much more extensive Find & Replace that allows you to use regular expressions and adjust styles.

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