Integrated workflow with the authors

Question

Hello everyone,I am currently working an illustrated book/encyclopedia (part of a TTRPG role-playing book). Our authors and illustrators use OneNote to compile content and appreciate the ability to organize texts and images into distinct sections (e.g., history, geography, etc.). However, integrating this content into InDesign is a manual process for me, as I haven't found a way to directly connect OneNote and InDesign. It's often inefficient an repetitive copy-pasting, especially when updates are made to the original content. Would anyone have suggestions for improving our workflow? We're particularly interested in maintaining the tabbed organization for the authors. We're open to changing our tools or processes, but due to our small team size and tight schedules, we cannot wait for all authors to complete their texts before starting the InDesign work. Thank you very much for your help!

James Gifford—NitroPress · Answer

I can't think of where or how OneNote would be an efficient source/collaboration base for InDesign.

I'd suggest, in the same vein as RT, that working in Word or Google Docs would be far more efficient, and then you can transfer whole preformatted sections into the ID project.

InDesign is pretty much a one-way tool: stuff that goes in doesn't come back out easily, nor are there any good collaboration tools except for InCopy, which is best suited to long-form content where you want writers or editors to work in a simplified ID environment (such as a magazine).

Working in a shared tool until the content is final and you can pull it into ID is probably a far better working model.

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