Sharing content, Exporting content from indesign – Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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Note: The Out Of Date icon on the Available, In Use, Editing, Text Content, and Graphics Content icons indicates that
the content is out of date; that is, the version on the file system is newer than the version displayed on your computer.
Sharing content
Exporting content from InDesign
Exporting content from InDesign to InCopy establishes a link between the two applications. You export InDesign
text frames, graphics frames, and their contents to InCopy using either of two methods:
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Create a container file (*.inca)—called an assignment—and add related groupings of document items (such as the
text and graphics of a story) to the assignment so they can be worked on together. Content within assignments is
exported as *.incx files.
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Export text and graphics frames separately (including placeholder frames) using the Edit > InCopy > Export
menu commands. Exported content is saved as *.incx files.
After content is exported, small icons appear at the top left of exported frames in InDesign and InCopy, and in the
Assignments and Links panels. These icons indicate the status of managed frames and they differentiate managed
frames from those that aren’t part of the workflow. All exported content appears in the Assignments panel. Content
exported using the Export menu commands appears in the Unassigned InCopy Content section of the Assignments
panel list. While both methods establish a controlled connection between InCopy content and an InDesign
document, the primary method is to use assignment files.
Exporting content makes the content available for users to check out while maintaining a link to the original
InDesign document. (This link is made from within InDesign; you cannot create the link from InCopy.)
Once the content is exported, InCopy users can see (but not change) the page layouts, styles, and so forth as they
appear in the InDesign document.
Note: You can also create text or anchored graphics using InCopy and then place them in InDesign.
See also
“Assignment files” on page 611
“Assignments panel overview” on page 610
“Placing InCopy files in InDesign documents” on page 625
Graphics Content
Out Of Date
Assignments panel and graphics
frames
Graphics Content
Up To Date
Assignments panel and graphics
frames
Packaged
Content
Assignments panel
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