The Inventory palette contains information about various aspects of the file or layout, organized on tabs related to the current work mode.
The Inventory palette in Layout mode
When you preview a layout, the Inventory palette displays the following tabs:
- Files: Lists the elements (TIFF files) with status icons and provides related options. See Adding Files to a Layout.
- Separations: Lists the color separations with information and provides related options
To view one or more separations, select the appropriate check boxes.
- To view all the separations, select the Separations check box at the top of the list. To hide all separations, clear the check box.
- When all separations are selected, pressing Shift while selecting one separation's check box hides all the other separations.
- Pressing Shift+click again hides the selected separation and makes all other separations visible.
- To view a single separation in black and white, click and select the separation.
- You can perform the following actions only when viewing combined separations in Proof Mode:
- To add a separation, click and in the Open dialog box, locate and select the separation, and click Add.
- To change the color of all slugs in a selected separation, click , select the desired color, and click OK.
- To remove a separation, select the separation and click .
- Marks: Lists the marks that are associated with the layout and provides related options. See Adding Marks to a Layout.
The Inventory palette in Preview mode
When you preview a TIFF file, the Inventory palette displays the following tab:
- Separations: Lists the color separations and provides related options, as described above.
The Inventory palette in Job Planning mode
When you switch to corrugated job planning mode (Modify > Switch to Job Planning), the Inventory palette displays the following tabs:
- Slugs
- Marks
Separations
- View
- Cost
For details, see Managing Slugs, Marks, Separations, Views, and Cost in the Inventory palette.
The Inventory palette in PDF Geometry Design mode
When you switch to PDF geometry design mode (Modify > Switch to PDF Geometry Design), the Inventory palette displays the following tabs:
- Separations
- View
For details, see Managing separations and viewing options in the Inventory palette.