Keeping document positions of InDesign CC library items after editing them

[hollyg22424]

At my job, we use InDesign libraries very successfully to hold groups of elements, including dated text, that must fall into specific locations every time they're placed onto a document. Using the place option in the library's contextual menu, this works like a charm. We also edit these grouped library items annually by placing the items onto a document, updating their dates, highlighting them, then right-clicking on the library items and choosing update library item. We are now in the process of developing a new workflow utilizing Adobe CC, and I've been testing whether the CC Libraries feature will be beneficial to us. I have discovered that library items can be edited by double-clicking them or choosing edit from the contextual menu, but I am not seeing a way that allows them to retain their initial document positions (x and y); this is critical to our workflow. Is there a way this can be done? If not, we have no problem continuing to use the regular InDesign libraries as we always have.

[Laubender]

Hi Holly,

did you already find an answer for your question?

I think it should be doable* with assets that are like IDMS files.

The position of such an asset is controlled with a preference in InDesign's Preferences > File Handling tab.

IMPORTANT: This is a control on document level.

Means: it is tied to a saved document.

So it could be different from document to document.

Snippet Import

Position at:

[ Cursor Location ] ( Default )

[ Original Location ]

* Cannot test this right now. Just have an issue with synching my CC Libraries.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )