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Christian5FD2
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August 31, 2020
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Packaging InCopy edits

  • August 31, 2020
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I received an InDesign assignment, made my InCopy edits in the indd file, and now want to return the assignment to my designer. However, when I go to "package" in the InCopy dropdown, both options "Return for InDesign" and "Return for InDesign and email," are grayed out and inaccessible. Should I give up on InCopy and try to do it in InDesign? I've never packaged files before (first time doing it remotely after years in the office on a common server). InCopy has never been a problem so I'd rather go forward with this. Any suggestions?   

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Correct answer BobLevine

The OP is all squared away. I helped him get a Dropbox folder set up for direct editing instead of emailing packages which is an absolutely awful way to handle this at this point.

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hammer0909
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hammer0909Community Expert
Community Expert
September 15, 2020

Are you seeing the package icon next to the Assignment in the Assignments panel? Can you describe the steps you are taking? Also, are you opening this from the email application? Any chance you closed it and then re-opened it?

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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September 15, 2020

The OP is all squared away. I helped him get a Dropbox folder set up for direct editing instead of emailing packages which is an absolutely awful way to handle this at this point.

Srishti Bali
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Srishti BaliCommunity Manager
Community Manager
September 6, 2020

Hi there,

 

Sorry to hear about this trouble. Is the issue related to a specific document? If not, you may try resetting InCopy preferences. Steps are shared here.

Please note that all the custom settings would reset too. You can also take a backup of the folders in case you want to. Location is mentioned in the article.

 

You may also refer to this help article for more details about the InDesign-InCopy worflow. 

 

Regards,

Srishti

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Christian5FD2Author
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September 7, 2020

Thanks for your advice, Srishti. I'm not comfortable changing all my settings to get one grayed-out area back. 

Seems like "Return for InDesign" and "Return for InDesign and email" should work naturally.

Yes, it's one document (one magazine package) I'm dealing with but the process will be the same in future projects I will face.

I recently also joined Linked In Learning but that's not working either. The whole thing is very frustrating

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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September 8, 2020

That workflow is one I cannot possibly recommend any longer. It's far better and easier to put all of the content in a Dropbox or Onedrive folder, share it among the users and work from there.

Mike Witherell
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Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
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August 31, 2020

Did you remember to check it in and save it first?

Mike Witherell
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Christian5FD2Author
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September 6, 2020

Yes, thanks, Mike. I saved it (checked it in) first.

A tutorial I just watched says use the dropdown off the assignment box in InCopy (where all the files are listed) but that too is grayed out for "Return for InDesign" and "Return for InDesign and email"

Any other ideas? 

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