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Steffen Liss
Steffen Liss
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December 18, 2023
Question

Deployment of user settings

  • December 18, 2023
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We have about 50 Creative Cloud users, which need to have the exact same user settings for InDesing. I could'n find anything that allows us to define every setting of InDesign, pallets, scripts etc.

 

I found out, that there are packages I can define. But the guide is very unspecific on the settings I can predefine.

https://helpx.adobe.com/de/enterprise/using/package-templates.html

 

Until now I must setup every user manually. But early next year we getn new hardware for everyone and I really don't want to do the setup 50 times. It takes around 2-3 hours each.

 

We use JAMF for the Mac deployment. The users only have the CC Desktop App and install the programs they need themselfs. That is handy for the genreal deployment, but makes it unable to setup any user and program beased settings.

 

Are there any solutions?

    1 reply

    Kevin Stohlmeyer
    Community Expert
    Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 22, 2023

    @Steffen Liss we captured the preference files from one user (me) and then built a separate JAMF deployment thats triggered after the user has logged in. This allowed us to deploy the ID preferences, scripts, and Print/PDF presets. The issue is the preferences/settings are stored in the user library, not system. We've never tried to deploy a workspace - we leave that up to the individual to setup. InDesign will migrate previous settings as well if you have overlap - we keep the original version installed for a period of time allowing users to launch the newly installed version to auto migrate settings from previous. We then remove the original at a later date.

      Steffen Liss
      Steffen LissAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      February 13, 2025

      @Kevin Stohlmeyer thanks for th ereply. I read that last year but unfortunatly never reached out to you. I discussed that with our IT dept and had no luck. 

       

      To make a long story short: I did the setup for every user manually. Took me a decade. 

       

      It seems that my way of setting up synced workspaces on each Mac is not the regular way to do it. But I see that most graphic designers just use what they get, not thinking about saving time by streamlining their process. That is when I came to the plan. Every InDesign is setup and I can answer questions and have the good feeling, that with all the presets they cannot do too much wrong. Especially color management is something not much designers care about.

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      Community Manager
      Anshul_NautiyalCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 13, 2025

      Hi @Steffen Liss,

      Thank you for reaching out.

      Currently, the Adobe Admin Console does not support the direct deployment of user-specific InDesign settings. However, since your organization utilizes JAMF, you can automate the deployment of InDesign preferences, workspaces, scripts, and presets across all user devices.

      Additionally, you may find the following resource helpful in this process: Learn how to export and import user settings in InDesign

      Let me know if you need further assistance!

      Regards,
      ^AN

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