Save sew swatch?

I'm using InDesign CS5.5. How do I make a new swatch and save it so that it appears in my swatches pane when I close and re-open InDesign? I created a few new swatches, but when I opened the program again, they were gone.
Thanks for any help.

for swatches to become available in new files you need to add them with no files open.

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