Sharing Custom Workspaces in InDesign

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April 21, 2020
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Hi everyone! I am training my team in InDesign and I was hoping to export a custom workspace so they can have everything automatically ready to go. Is there a way to export a cutsom workspace and share to other users/computers? Thank you!

Correct answer Steve Werner

Here are where workspaces are stored. They are stored as XML files:

[Mac OS] Mac/Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version [number]/en_US/Workspaces

[Win 10] Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version [number]\en_US\Workspaces

macpubs

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This explaination is not helpful.

Steve Werner

Community Expert

Each application version has a folder structure where its working support files are stored.

Example: You take the custom workspace file from Version 15 folder (InDesign 2020) and copy it into the equivalent path in the Version 16 (InDesign 2021) folder. It will then appear as a custom workspace in the new version.

macpubs

Participating Frequently

I have just updated inDesign to 17.0.1
I dragged the .xml file from an earlier version of inDesign to inDesign 2022, and restarted inDesign (but did not restart my computer) and the WORKSPACE I imported is not showing up.

Please see attached screenshot below. Maybe I did it wrong.

Steve Werner

Correct answer

Community Expert

Here are where workspaces are stored. They are stored as XML files:

[Mac OS] Mac/Users/[username]/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version [number]/en_US/Workspaces

[Win 10] Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Version [number]\en_US\Workspaces

michaels14632249

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Thanks Steve Werner, worded like a charm!

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