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• • February 5, 2025 at 8:51 am #14411364
    Chaya

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    I have a few flowcharts (a group of shapes and text boxes) that I would like to reuse multiple times over a document. In the past I saved each chart as an indesign document and place it in, bit I am finding it hard to do. I need to elements to be linked so they update when I change the main one. Is there any other way to create reusable elements?

  • February 5, 2025 at 9:45 am #14411365
    Steve Davis

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    Why not simply save the flowchart docs as PDF and import them to the other docs?
    They will then either auto-update or prompt you to update them.

  • February 5, 2025 at 9:45 am #14411366
    Maurice Williams

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    Hi, did you try using a CC Library item? You can drag your group directly into a library, then link to that. When you edit the library item, all instances will update accordingly.

  • February 5, 2025 at 11:55 am #14411377
    Chaya

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    I can save as pdf but I was finding it tedious to have to open another document.
    I tried CC Library- but I found that if I added the chart from the page in Indesign into the CC library it did not give me the option to “Place Linked” and when I edited the original the earlier placed elements did not update.
    Thank you!!

    • February 6, 2025 at 11:42 am #14411387
      Maurice Williams

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      What you want to do is edit the group from the library. Right-click on it and choose Edit–then you can update the library version and anywhere you’ve used the library version will be updated.

  • February 5, 2025 at 2:01 pm #14411385
    Dieter Stockert

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    What about the Content Collector Tool?

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