Adobe 29500007 - Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Manual page 79

Snippets
A snippet lets you reuse the content, formatting,
tags, and structure of a document. A snippet is
an XML file that is a full representation of InDesign
content, including page items and any XML
structure applied to those page items. You can
store snippets in a Library, and place them in
other documents.
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To create a snippet, select
one or more frames, and then (Windows) or Format (Mac OS)
choose File > Export. menu, choose InDesign
Snippet. Type a name for
the file, and then click Save.
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Edit placed snippets as needed for your project.
In this example, snippets have been modified
to create a catalog page.
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From the Save As Type This creates an .inds
file that can be placed
into a different InDesign
document, using the
standard place process.
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