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Renaming frames in Invent | IV_017

In some scenarios within Invent, particularly when setting up variable logic, you will need to identify which frame on your artwork is being used. The default naming convention is a numerical ID number and does not make it easy to establish a connection between ID and the frame it represents. We can rename the frame within InDesign, which is then also picked up by Invent.

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In some

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scenarios with Invent, particularly
when setting up variable logic,

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you will need to identify
which frame on your artwork is being used.

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The default naming
convention is a numerical ID number,

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which doesn't really make it easy
to establish a connection between the ID

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and the frame it represents.

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So what we can do
is rename the frame within InDesign,

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which is then also picked up by Invent

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when creating variable logic.

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You may notice that the Fields section
is populated with quite unhelpful

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ID numbers for your dynamic frames.

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Now what we actually want to do as part of
this tutorial is rename those ID numbers

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so they actually have some relation
to the frames that they represent.

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We start off here by going to the Layers
tab within InDesign itself.

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So this is an InDesign feature
rather than Invent

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and it's this icon here.

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If you

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can't see the icon for whatever reason,
then you can activate.

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The Layers tab
by going to the window dropdown

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and then layers

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by default you'll see something like this,
so you'll see your available layers

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and that will be an initial dropdown list
where you can then

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show the frames
that are part of that layer,

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which in our case is all of the frames
that are on our artwork.

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The next step is to identify
the frame that we want to rename.

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The easiest way to do this,
if you click on the frame,

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it will give you a little highlighted
indication of which one is selected.

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Alternatively,
you can hit the visibility icon

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and that will just show
and hide the relevant frame so you can

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identify which one it is.

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Once you've identified the right frame,

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just slow double click
on the name of the frame

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that will give you the ability
to rename it.

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So I'll go with title and email,
for example, for this.

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This one.

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And for this one.

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I'll go with the logo.

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And then that's basically
all you need to do.

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Now, when you go back
to your variable logic,

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instead of seeing those ID numbers,
you'll now

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see those renamed

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elements

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that you're now able to select between.

 

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