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Participating Frequently
May 29, 2024 1:25 PM UTC
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ICMA fle doesn´t reflect changes in InDesign

Hi,

i´m curently working at a very small company and try to implement an Indesign-InCopy workflow.

So far it works fine but changes i make to an Indesign Document are not reflected in the InCopy file.

 

Example: After the intial creation of the icma file i add a couple of textframes to an allready existing task in InCopy.

Indesign asks if i want to export the new settings, i want.

Opening Incop the newly added textframes are not available to the editor.

 

any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

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BobLevine
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Community Expert
May 29, 2024 1:28 PM UTC

ICMA adds an unnecessary level of complexity. Stop using them.

 

Instead export the InCopy content and then open the INDD file in InCopy.

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BobLevine
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Community Expert
May 29, 2024 1:28 PM UTC

ICMA adds an unnecessary level of complexity. Stop using them.

 

Instead export the InCopy content and then open the INDD file in InCopy.

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Participating Frequently
May 29, 2024 1:33 PM UTC

Thank you, what a fast reply!

Just in case it´s important i´d like to add, that the files are in the dropbox.

 

Regarding your suggestion. The Editor is working with a PC, i initially tried to open the InDesign File on his computer but it wouldn´t work. I´ll try again but could it be the case, that it´s not possible to open an InDesign file with InCopy on a PC?

Thanks!

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BobLevine
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Community Expert
May 29, 2024 1:47 PM UTC

This workflow is fully cross-platform. All users must be on the same version of InDesign/InCopy.

 

If you're using a shared Dropbox folder make sure all participants have cloud only turned OFF! All files must be fully synced to all users harddrives. 

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