Have you ever been unable to delete a swatch in InDesign?

I finally found an easy solution posted at InDesign Secrets Blog... Here it is:

Elizabeth Lass
November 28th, 2007 • 3:53 am • Link
Hi, This actually happens to me quite a bit. I found a good trick online quite a while ago, and I’d like to give them credit, but I’m afraid I can’t locate the source. But the trick goes like this:
When a spot cannot be deleted from the swatches palette, and you know for sure it’s not in use by any artwork, create a rectangle and fill it with the offending swatch. Cut the object and paste it into a new doc with no other swatches. Save it as a PDF set to “Press” or “Print” (don’t let the color be converted). Place that PDF into your original doc, then delete it. In my experience, the bad swatch will now be ‘unlocked’ and you can trash it in the palette. IMO, this is faster than saving over to INX, and shouldn’t cause any further problems. {Thanks for the awesome blog and podcast, btw!!}

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It really works.

Coffee Cups - a set on Flickr

Styrofoam coffee cups and a black Sharpie marker. Damn—these are good:

Coffee Cups - a set on Flickr

Yammer?

Yammer is the "Twitter" for businesses.
I'm using it in our department to share common files... the kinds of identity images frequently used in PowerPoint presentations or Word docs.

It's already restricted to the "@berkeley.edu" community, but you can also set up a Private Group visible only to people you invite in. I don't quite remember how I got in, but try signing in here... Sign in with your berkeley email.

More About Yammer

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When Is Social Networking Kosher In The Office?

National Public Radio – November 24, 2008

"Essentially, what it's allowed us to do is have a lot more conversations without necessarily having meetings," says David Sacks, CEO of Yammer. "And you want to reserve e-mail for communications where you really do require a response. But if you just want to have a free-form discussion, Yammer really excels in that."

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Design with flair — on the Web!

A startup called Typekit allows freedom to design with any font you want online &mdash as long as you own the font itself. How groovy is that? Finally, we are free! No more Verdana, Arial... headaches, heartbreak.

via Slate.com