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Finding where a color swatch has been applied

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From: John_Slate
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:13
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...when separation preview does not help

Does someone have a script for this? Like select the swatch, then show first use... show next etc??

As background to this issue, I had a job that was supposed to be 2 colors PMS267 and Black.

There was a process swatch that should not have been in use but it was and I was reluctant to delete and replace without knowing where it was used.

I found 1 instance by editing the color to something that stood out, and got rid of that use, but it was still used somewhere.

So then edited the color to a spot and printed that separation, noting which pages printed.

The other uses ended up being graphic frames containing a grayscale Photoshop EPS files, that had this color as the fill of the frame... in other words it was completely ineffectual, and I could have replaced with white or none and been fine.

But there should be an easier way.
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