Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 632)

INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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• To undo changes since the last saved version and remove the lock file, select the content in the Assignments panel
and choose Cancel Check Out from the panel menu. This action checks in the file.
Overriding locked files (InDesign)
Users might not immediately realize how their actions affect others in the workflow, and might accidentally create
situations where conflicts exist between content status and ownership. If necessary, the InDesign user can resolve
conflicts by unlinking a locked file checked out to a different user and taking control over the file. Unlinking a file
stores the content in the InDesign document, but the content is no longer shared with InCopy.
If you edit a story that has been checked out in InCopy, you’re prompted to embed the story so that the original file’s
location is remembered but the file is unlocked for editing. You can later unembed and link to the original file, or
you can link to another file.
See also
“Unlink content files (InDesign)” on page 625
“Accidentally updating your work” on page 621
Unlink content files (InDesign)
If necessary (because of a production deadline, for example), InDesign users can remove a content file from the
managed workflow and from the Links panel by unlinking it. If you want to make the content available again for
editing, you must reexport it as InCopy content using a different file name. This ensures that the old lock file won’t
prevent users from editing the file.
Note: Unlinking your own checked-out file removes it from the workflow and deletes the lock file from disk. You can re-
export the content and overwrite the file name without conflict.
❖ To unlink an InCopy content file, select the file (.incx extension) in the Links panel and choose Unlink from the
panel menu. Unlinking embeds the content into the document and removes the link to the InCopy file on disk.
To relink the file, choose Edit > Undo Unlink.
You can also unlink by deleting a frame, or using the InDesign Links panel to relink a content file to another file.
Placing InCopy files in InDesign documents
Although a typical workflow begins in InDesign, where the basic layout and text and graphics placeholders are
defined and exported to InCopy, a different workflow can start with a stand-alone InCopy content file (.incx or .incd)
that you place in InDesign using the File > Place command.
Consider the following dependencies when you place InCopy content files in an InDesign document:
Styles If the InCopy text file has styles applied, they are added to the InDesign list of styles for the document. In the
event of a style-name conflict, InDesign overwrites the imported style with its existing style.
Layout You can create the basic layout geometry for the content in InDesign, and then create or import the text and
styles from a word-processing application. (Text files placed within InCopy are embedded in the InCopy document
and are not linked to any external file.)