copy a layer between documents?

[Thomas Olbrich]

I got two InDesign files with identical content – except one layer "text", which varies in the language of its content.

For further work on this files I'd prefer to move the "text"-layer of one document into the other document, to end up with both text layers in one document.

Is that possible? 

When I drag a layer from the layers pane onto the other doc it shows a  Ø symbol ('wrong way').

Thank you,

- thomas

[Evans, Rebecca]

Thomas:

InDesign will not let you have two layers with the same layer name.

Rebecca

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[Thomas Olbrich]

sorry, of cause they'd got different names. 

- thomas

[Bret Perry]

AFAIK, You can't copy a whole layer's "contents"  (all objects on every page on a layer) at once.

If you copy any item on the layer and paste it into the "new" doc, the layer itself will copy along with the object, but you will have to copy all the items you want page-by-page.

To copy the layer itself with the object, check on "Paste Remembers Layers" in the layers panel flyout menu.

There are plugins available $ that will let you copy/move whole layers and all their contents.

 

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[Nini Tjäder]

You can drag a page/pages from one document to the other. If the page/s you drag over to the other document includes the desired layer I guess it will also come with the page into the other document. Just a theory, I haven't tested it.

I got two InDesign files with identical content – except one layer "text", which varies in the language of its content.

For further work on this files I'd prefer to move the "text"-layer of one document into the other document, to end up with both text layers in one document.

Is that possible? 

When I drag a layer from the layers pane onto the other doc it shows a  Ø symbol ('wrong way').

Thank you,

- thomas

nini ;-)

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[Stefano Bernardi]

Hello Thomas,

Your post is two years old but I hope this my reply will eventually help someone else who googles for this.

In InDesign, the only way to copy an entire layer from a document to another is by doing so manually on each spread.

However, you can use a script and automate it. You'll find it here: https://redokun.com/blog/indesign-copy-entire-layer-one-file-another

[katmcg]

Lovely, thanks.

Kat

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