Adjusting your workflow, Move content between assignments (indesign), Delete assignments (indesign) – Adobe InCopy CC 2015 User Manual
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InCopy and InDesign
Last updated 6/13/2015
Adjusting your workflow
Move content between assignments (InDesign)
InDesign users can move content between existing assignments as well as from the Unassigned InCopy Content section
of the Assignments panel. You can also create a new assignment and move content to it.
1
Save the InDesign document.
2
In the Assignments panel, click the arrow to the left of the assignment name to display the contents of the
assignment.
3
Select an item in an assignment.
4
Do one of the following:
• Drag the content from one assignment to another.
• To move content to an existing assignment, choose Add To Assignment from the Assignments panel menu, and
then select the desired assignment.
• To create a new assignment as you move content, from the Assignments panel menu, choose Add To Assignment
> New, and then specify options in the New Assignment dialog box.
5
Choose Update All Assignments from the Assignments panel menu.
If the assignment lists are short, you might prefer dragging content items to and from assignments and the Unassigned
InCopy Content section.
Delete assignments (InDesign)
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In the Assignments panel, select one or more assignments and choose Delete Assignment in the panel menu.
Deleting assignments accomplishes the following:
• Removes the assignment data from the document.
• Deletes the assignment file from the file system.
• Removes the assignment name from the list.
• Moves any InCopy content to the Unassigned InCopy Content section in the Assignments panel.
Note: If an InCopy user has an assignment open when it is deleted in InDesign, an alert message notifies the InCopy user
that the assignment has been deleted. However, the content files are not deleted and can be updated without loss of changes.
Relink missing assignment files (InDesign)
If you move or delete an assignment file from disk, and then open the InDesign document from which it was created,
InDesign won’t know where the assignment file is located. You need to re-create the assignment file so InDesign can
find it.
Re-create the assignment file in the original location
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In the Assignments panel, do one of the following:
• Select the missing assignment (it will still be listed in the panel) and choose Update Selected Assignments from
the panel menu.