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Loading colors from other color systems


    The Swatch Libraries command lets you select from a range of color libraries--including the PANTONE Process Color System, Toyo Ink Electronic Color Finder 1050, the Focoltone® color system, the Trumatch color swatching system, the DIC Process Color Note, and libraries created especially for Web use. Each color system that you select appears in its own Swatch Library palette.

    Spot colors from color libraries, as are all spot colors, are converted to process colors when separated unless you deselect the Convert to Process option in the Separation Setup dialog box. (See Separating spot colors as process colors.)

To load predefined custom color libraries into Illustrator:

  1. Choose Window > Swatch Libraries.
  2. Select the color system you want from the submenu. The color system that you select appears as a tabbed palette.

To make a custom color library appear each time Illustrator is started:

  1. Select a custom color swatch library.
  2. Choose Persistent from the swatch library palette's pop-up menu. The library will now automatically open in the same position each time the Illustrator application is started.

To select a swatch by its name or number:

  1. Select the Swatches palette or a swatch library of a particular color system (for example, the PANTONE color system).
  2. In the Find text box, type the name or the number of a swatch to select it. (For example, in the PANTONE Process library palette you can type 11-7 CVS to select PANTONE swatch 11-7.)
  3. Note: If the Find text box is not available, choose Show Find Field from the Swatches palette menu.