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Luke5C3F
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September 28, 2021
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Assignment content (ICML files) are created but doesn't show in InDesign/assignment.

  • September 28, 2021
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Hi All

 

Our designers are having an ongoing problem, they currently create multi-page documents in InDesign, they then create an assignment and try to add all the stories to that InCopy assignment. Now when this happens all of the ICML files are created however they do not then show in the assignment window within InCopy.

When this happens they can however manually select each text box, image etc and add them one-by-one to the assignment successfully, this is of course very time consuming...

 

The odd thing is that this doesn't happen on every InDesign file they work on, some files the add all stories option just works straight away. I've sat down to try and find some differences between those that work and those that don't but it just isn't making much sense.

 

Am I missing something obvious? Is there anything worth checking or has anyone else experienced similar issues?

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer Luke5C3F

Just to update it actually turned out to be an issue with the Anti-Virus product being used on the macs. As soon as the AV product was removed/replaced the issue has gone away and not come back.

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Luke5C3FAuthorCorrect answer
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October 4, 2021

Just to update it actually turned out to be an issue with the Anti-Virus product being used on the macs. As soon as the AV product was removed/replaced the issue has gone away and not come back.

    BobLevine
    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2021

    Are these placed ICML files created in InCopy or ICML files exported from InDesign? There was a bug that caused this a while bac so are you using InDesign and InCopy 2021?

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    Luke5C3FAuthor
    New Participant
    September 28, 2021

    These are being created from InDesign, we are running the latest version InDesign CC 16.4. I does feel like a software bug to me.

    BobLevine
    BobLevine
    Community Expert
    September 28, 2021
    Well, I'm not a huge fan of assignments so I'll add my vote to try to bypass them and just open the INDD file in InCopy.

    If you find that works report it as a bug, but I haven't seen anyone else report this.
    Gusgsm
    Gusgsm
    Inspiring
    September 28, 2021

    Hi,

     

    When creating InCopy files from InDesign, there are two main ways: "Edit - InCopy - Export..." and "Edit - InCopy - Add all artticles to assignment..." (the words may vary, i'm in a Spanish InDesign). Could it be so simple as some of the designer use one way and some the other?

     

    The first way creates the files but it does not create an assignment. In some workflows (ours, for instance), that's better, but in some other ones, assignments are a must.

     

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      Luke5C3FAuthor
      New Participant
      September 28, 2021

      Thanks but unfortunately it isn't that simple (I really wish it was). these are files created, and having the InCopy assignments created all by the same person in the same way. I will however suggest trying the first way you have suggested, but I am pretty certain that the workflow they are using requires the assignment.

       

      Thanks for the suggestion!

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