Opening managed files (incopy), Update assignment files (indesign) – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN
Sharing content between InCopy and InDesign
Last updated 11/16/2011
2 Do one of the following:
•
To check out a single InCopy content file, choose File
> Check Out.
•
To check out all content in an assignment at once, select the assignment in the Assignments panel, and choose
Check Out from the panel menu.
•
To check out individual items in an assignment, open the assignments list in the Assignments panel, select an item
or multiple items, and choose Check Out from the panel menu.
The Editing icon
appears next to the item or items in the Assignments panel, indicating that the content is checked
out to you for your exclusive use.
3 If prompted to update the content with changes, click OK.
When you check out available content in InCopy, you see the Editing icon
on the InCopy frame, and in the
Assignments panel. In InDesign, the In Use icon
appears on the InDesign frame.
Opening managed files (InCopy)
Opening a managed content file (.icml or .incx) directly in InCopy and working with it in Story view may be more
appropriate for quick writing and editing. You do not have to check out an individual managed file to edit it; InCopy
automatically checks it out. When you save and close the file, InCopy automatically checks in the content. The Save
commands are different when you open individual files.
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Update assignment files (InDesign)
You can save changes to assignments manually or when you close the current document. Updating an assignment file
is the only way to make layout changes available to InCopy users.
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Do one of the following:
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To update selected assignments, select them in the Assignments panel and choose Update Selected Assignments
from the Assignments panel menu.
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To update all out-of-date assignments in the current document, choose Update Out-Of-Date Assignments from
the Assignments panel menu. Only assignments that are out of date are updated.
•
To update all assignments in the current document, choose Update All Assignments from the Assignments panel
menu.
Note: If an InCopy user has an assignment open when you update the assignment, the Out Of Date icon
appears next
to the assignment in the InCopy Assignments panel.
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