Collaboration via Dropbox or OneDrive

[Carlo30521958uxbe]

Hi All,

I have been using InDesign before when there was a phisical server in the office and we could work on the same file. When an image was modified, I would get the update notification.

Now, to collaborate we use Dropbox or OneDrive. Is there a way to make InDesign work the same way without having the whole project folder saved locally in my computer?

I guess it would need to fetch the images directly online and have some kind of access to Dropbox or Onedrive.

I hope I was clear enough.

[BobLevine · Accepted solution]

You need to have all assets in a well-organized Dropbox or OneDrive folder and you should absolutely have any smart sync features DISABLED. Something else to note: InDesign lock files DO NOT SYNC via cloud services so make sure that you're aware of anyone working on the file before you open it or you're going to wind up with conflicted copies.

[Carlo30521958uxbe · Accepted solution]

Thanks Bob.

If I understood correctly, everyone that works on the presentation needs to have the dedicated folder saved remotely and kept synced. 

I will do some tests this week.

[BobLevine]

That is correct. If smart sync is on, there's a good chance InDesign will time out waiting for all of the files to download.

[rob day]

Hi @Carlo30521958uxbe , Just to clarify a bit more, in a sync’d workflow the sync’ing to the invited collaborators’ local drive should happen automatically—there’s no need to manually upload or download to and from the server.

Your Adobe subscription also has a sync feature, the Creative Cloud Files folder installed in your User folder automatically syncs to your Creative Cloud account’s server and you can sent out invites to other CC users.

[Carlo30521958uxbe]

Thank you both. I think I am grasping the process now. 

We are heavily committed into huge project folders in DP and OD, Creative Cloud would not work in my particular case. At least for the time being.

Meanwhile I am pushing to get an office server to avoid syncying issues.

Thanks again.