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emmas38974803
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January 26, 2023
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Text wrap not displaying correctly in InCopy

  • January 26, 2023
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If text is running over part of an image in InDesign in my colleague's file - either around object, or a box ignoring text wrap - the .icap file she sends me is not allowing this to happen, resulting in best-case scenario where the layout view I see isn't identical, and worst case - I can't see the text at all in design view, and must edit in story - and obviously then can't work out whether the copy fits or not. 

I've Googled a few times, trashed preferences, even tried creating brand new files to test with, and I am seeing the same issue each time. Both of us are running completely up to date. This has been an issue for a long time (I've just dealt with the frustration, then forgotten to post in here to find a fix each consecutive month I am dealing with the files!).


(The blurred area is text - unedited so I've blurred it - and the gap is between pages, but it's just an example of how entire boxes of text become unviewable each time)

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BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 26, 2023

Stop using assignments! I can't emphasize this enough.

Package everything into a Dropbox or OneDrive folder and share it with everyone involved. Have the InCopy user open the INDD file in InCopy, check out whatever stories they need to edit, check everything back in and be done with it.

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emmas38974803Author
Participant
January 26, 2023

This is the first I've heard of working on the same file - we'd previously tried having assignment files in Dropbox folders that were synced, but our then-office's internet connection was too slow for it to do anything other than cause nothing at all to be workable on.

So I have this right - we'd work on the SAME file, just I'd have it in InCopy?

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 26, 2023

Correct. Briefly, you'd save and package the InDesign file into a Dropbox folder and share with all participants. Within that folder, create an InCopy content folder. From InDesign export all of the stories into that folder using the Edit > InCopy > Export > All Stories command into that folder. If you don't need all stories, choose the appropriate export command.

 

IMPORTANT: Do not use any smart sync features in Dropbox or OneDrive. All files should be fully synced and available locally.

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