# Export to Adobe Indesign

It may be useful to use the same color table with your page layout software and other software in your color workflow.

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<span class="text-4505230f--TextH400-3033861f--textContentFamily-49a318e1"><span data-key="65f9b33c62534b03abe18258a9b8b933">The first thing to do is to drag and drop your color table in Coraye or to perform a file / Open to select your color table.  
</span></span>Coraye is compatible with .cxf, .aco, .acb, .ase, .csv, etc ...

<p class="callout success">For more information, see chapter: [Importing a color table](https://wiki.coraye.com/books/coraye-manual-en/page/color-table "Importing a color table")</p>

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<span data-offset-key="b379b38da1474363bc1bd71e44be1100:0">In the Coraye software, select your color table in the left column, then right click to select " </span><span data-offset-key="b379b38da1474363bc1bd71e44be1100:1">**Export**</span><span data-offset-key="b379b38da1474363bc1bd71e44be1100:2" data-slate-fragment="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"> ".</span>

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Open the swatches window by going to the **"Window&gt; Color&gt; Swatches" tab**</span>

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Go to the drop-down menu and click on Load swatch.

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Select the color table (.ase), then click "Open"

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The colors of the table will be added to your color chart

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