PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®
PANTONE® Calibrated Color Support
Digital Library
User Guide
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PA N TO N E Calibrated Color Support
Digital Library User Guide
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Table of Contents
Importing Color Palettes into Desktop Publishing Applications ________ 3
Supported Applications_________________________________________ 3
System Requirements __________________________________________ 4
Easy Install Applications _______________________________________ 4
EPS, TIFF and Acrobat Charts __________________________________ 4
How to import and access a color palette: ________________________ 5
Adobe Illustrator 9, 10, CS & CS2:_____________________________ 5
Adobe Photoshop 6, 7, CS & CS2: ____________________________ 6
Adobe InDesign 2.01, CS & CS2:______________________________ 7
Macromedia FreeHand 10 & MX:_______________________________ 8
CorelDRAW Graphics & Corel DESIGNER 10, 11 & 12 ___________ 9
QuarkXPress: Version 4.11, 5, 6 _______________________________ 9
Technical Support ____________________________________________ 10
How to Contact Us ___________________________________________ 10
Importing Color Palettes into Desktop Publishing
Applications
Custom CMYK data has been developed for 1,137 colors from the PANTONE®
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solid coated color library of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM for the optimal
reproduction on a specific output device. Factors taken into consideration are ink
set, screening, and substrate, all which can affect the output of color. This document
is intended as a guide to help you use the PANTONE Calibrated palettes in your
favorite desktop publishing and graphic design applications. To make it easy for you
to use these visually calibrated colors, we have made a number of application-
specific, ready-to-use palette files for a number of Macintosh and Windows®
applications. The files provided have been organized and formatted for Macintosh
and Windows operating system. Each of these folders contains a collection of
platform and application specific visually calibrated palettes. There are folders by
product name or software publisher to help you locate the particular file you are
seeking.
Supported Applications
We have provided ready-to-use PANTONE calibrated palettes for a variety of design and
publishing applications. In case, you don’t see your favorite application supported, we
have provided a PANTONE calibrated color chart in EPS, TIFF and PDF file formats.
Most applications, if they are cross-platform, handle loading color palettes in identical
ways. The instructions provided for the use of each file type, where appropriate, are
cross-platform. If there are differences in handling color palettes, it will be noted
accordingly.
Please note: It is best to refer to the user manual of the application being used for
the most accurate and current information on color palette handling.
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System Requirements
Windows: Microsoft® Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Macintosh: Mac OS X version 10.2 and later
Easy Install Applications
Software
Application File Extension
Version
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Adobe Illustrator 9*, 10, CS, CS2 .ai
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Adobe Photoshop 6*, 7, CS, CS2 .aco
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Adobe InDesign 2.01, CS, CS2 .ai
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Macromedia FreeHand 10, MX bcf & .acf
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CorelDRAW Graphics ** 10, 11, 12 .pal & .cpl
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Corel DESIGNER ** 10, 11, 12 .pal, cpl & .pl4
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QuarkXPress 4.11, 5, 6 .qxd
EPS Charts .eps
TIFF Charts .tiff
Text Format .txt
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Adobe Acrobat Reader .pdf
* Adobe Photoshop 6.0 & Adobe Illustrator 9.0 will require you to run in Mac OS X Classic Mode.
**CorelDRAW & DESIGNER will not be supported for MAC OS.
EPS, TIFF and Acrobat Charts
Some presentation or drawing programs may not be listed here as supported
applications. If this is the case, you can bring your custom colors into these applications
by using any of the appropriate color chart formats. For this to work, the application must
have a tool (like an eyedropper) that you can use to pick up colors from an imported
graphic. EPS and TIFF charts are also very useful in many applications because they are
easy to import and apply. Additionally, the PANTONE Color Names are provided in the
EPS and TIFF palettes, whereas some applications do not support naming colors in their
native file or palette format.
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How to import and access a color palette:
Adobe Illustrator 9, 10, CS & CS2:
1. Go to Windows
2. Select “Swatch Libraries”
3. Select “Other Library”
4. Navigate to wherever you stored the palette
5. Select “Open”
6. Select any color from the alphabetical list.
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Adobe Photoshop 6, 7, CS & CS2:
1. Go to Windows
2. Select Swatches
3. Click on the small circle/ arrow on the top right hand corner of the Swatches
Window/ Select Load Swatches
4. Navigate to wherever you stored the palette
5. Select any color from the alphabetical list.
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Adobe InDesign 2.01, CS & CS2:
1. Unstuff the file enclosed in the Application Support files/ Mac/ Adobe/
Indesign folder onto your hard drive for Mac users.
2. Go to Windows
3. Select Swatches or F5
4. Click on the small circle/ arrow on the top right hand corner of the
Swatches Window
5. Select “New Color Swatch”, “New Color Swatch” window will appear
6. Under “Color Mode” click on the pull down arrow to view the list of
libraries.
7. Select “Other Library…”
8. Navigate to wherever you stored the palette
9. Select any color from the alphabetical list.
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Macromedia FreeHand 10 & MX:
1. Open a new file or an existing file - Go to Window
2. Select Panels – Swatches
When using FreeHand MX: Select Swatches
3. Click on the Options Menu Control Button to view all libraries
4. Select “Import”
5. Navigate to wherever you stored the palette
6. Select any color from the alphabetical list
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CorelDRAW Graphics & Corel DESIGNER 10, 11 & 12
1. Go to Windows
2. Select “Color Palettes”, and click on “Color Palette Browser”
3. Click on the folder/ arrow button on the top right hand side of the browser
4. Navigate to wherever you stored the palette
5. Select any color from the color palette.
QuarkXPress: Version 4.11, 5, 6
1. Open a New or Existing File in which you need to assign a PANTONE
color.
2. From the menu bar, Edit > Colors
3. Click on the Append button
4. Navigate to wherever you have stored the files
5. Select “.qxd” document within the QuarkXPress folder
6. In the Append dialog box, select “Colors”.
7. Select the colors or “Include All” and click OK.
8. This will populate the color palette with your Pantone calibrated color library
– Click “Save”.
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Technical Support
Pantone is committed to offering you immediate and polite technical support.
Technical support is provided at no charge to registered users of our products.
Please be sure to provide a concise description of your problem including your
system specifics.
You can reach Pantone Technical Support several ways:
1) Telephone: 201-935-5500, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m., Eastern Time
2) Fax: 201-896-0242. Make sure you indicate whether you want a reply
by telephone, fax or E-mail. Don’t forget to include your telephone, fax
number or E-mail address.
3) Online: [Link]
How to Contact Us
To reach our Customer Service Department, please call 866-726-8663 (866-
PANTONE). For more information on other PANTONE Products, please visit our
Web site at [Link].
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