Stupid question of the day

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July 13, 2021
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Morning all!
So, here's the situation:
Colleague 1 creates an InDesign file, saves it on the main server. Then creates an InCopy Assignment, saving it on the CC Files Server.
Colleague 2 opens the icma file on his/hers computer, corrects the file and checks everything back in.
Colleague 3 opens the InDesign document, but on her/his computer, the connection to the InCopy Assignment file is gone.
Colleague 1 still has all the connections active.
Is InDesign not able to work across different workstations when working with icma files?

Cheers all!

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BobLevine

Community Expert

Stop using assignments. There is zero reason for them with such a small work group.

Export the InCopy content from InDesign making sure it's accessible to all users and then open the INDD file in InCopy.

BTW, I'm no big fan of CC storage. Dropbox and Onedrive are, IMO, superior.

J

JMc_1972Author

Participating Frequently

I think it is pretty clear to all of us, that you are not a big fan of Assignments 😉

But, if colleague number 2 is NOT connected to our main server, how can we work without Assigments?
Is there something I have misunderstood?

Oh and, I have had really BAD experiences using Onedrive, so that is a big no from here. Dropbox is noted.

Cheers.

BobLevine

Community Expert

Assignments require more work and more organization than a straight layout based workflow. So, yes, you're missing something but without knowing your full workflow with details it's impossible to tell you exactly what that is.

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