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August 5, 2025
Question

Notififying computers on a network when Labels/Keywords are added to Files

  • August 5, 2025
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Super specific question..

 

I am wondering if there is a way to notify computers on a local network when a label or keyword is added to a file.

 

for example, we use Bridge to view and moniter InDesign pages for a newspaper, and currently we are wondering how we can improve the time between certain stages of each page, each page of the paper is its own InDesign file and each department (Ads, Journos, Designers) use bridge to access and view the pages, what usually happens is the journos will open a page, place any storys and photos on to the page, get out, us designers will see that, jump in and layout the page with place holder headings and anything else needed, then the journos will jump back into the page, write any headings and captions needed, then it gets printed for proofing and plating up.

 

we are wanting to know, can we have the journolists jump out of the page, then mark it with "Ready to Layout" and us production people get a windows notification saying something like "Page 19.indd is Ready for Layout" so we know about the changes alot quicker and dont have to have bridge open waiting for the previews to change.

2 replies

Erik Bloodaxe
Legend
August 7, 2025

Bridge was not designed to work with networks. Some users have had a degree of success but that is by luck not design. It may work some of the time but there is no guarantee. This issue has been the subject of many posts on this forum which you may discover if you carry out a search. 

As already stated, you will need to look elsewhere to achieve what you want.

Legend
August 6, 2025

It sounds like you need a content management system rather than just Bridge.