![]() In order to resize anything the story has to be checked out. I (the designer) then opens the page layout and places the story. The reporter then opens the template and inputs the story and header in the appropriate boxes and saves it as an. incx file, load my stylesheets and save it as a template file. The only way I can find to have 2 text boxes in InCopy is to make an InDesign document and anchor 2 text boxes (one of which is divided into columns) to the Master Text Frame. The designer then just has to import the story and photo into InDesign and resize the two boxes (header and story) and the photo and cutline to fit the space available. The reporters can also attached cutlines to their photos. ![]() When these files are brought into InDesign the columns stay and the headers (which are attached) are in a separate text box. I've downloaded a trial version of InCopy CS4 and I'm trying to get a feel for how everything will work between InCopy and InDesign.Ĭurrently the reporters type their stories in templates that show the copy flowing in columns. Most stories are written before the pages are layed out based on the amount of advertising so we would be using a text-driven workflow. We're a small community newspaper thinking about switching to InCopy (currently using NewsEdit)Īll reporters, photographers, designers work in the same office. Does anyone have any first-hand experience with that as compared to working with InCopy? Does that allow multiple designers to be involved? I was looking at Rorohiko's StoryTweaker as an alternative, too. In a situation like this, would a new designer be able to open the ICAP sent from InCopy, or can the packages ONLY be opened in InDesign by the computer that created the export initially? Alternate designers would have access to the packages because instead of email, they must save the packages to an FTP site and Designer and Editor would download the indp/icap then open on their computer. I'm trying to help a client explore the InCopy workflow but they have a setup where assignments may need to worked on by multiple designers (last-minute changes before sending to printer and original designer is unavailable for example). ![]() They’re thinking that the designer could “bring work home” by sending a package to himself at the end of the day, or that the editors could unpack the packages on the server since they’re all on the network, or that a production manager could create an InDesign package for a subcontracted, off-site designer.Ĭan someone explain WHY this doesn't work? Does the package not open or? I actually have a few clients, some with over 60 people around the country, who are putting together publications in this way.īut when people ask this, they almost always have something different in mind. In other words, if you keep the workflow all remote, it can work. Well, I suppose it can, if the remote (offsite) designer keeps the layout on their home computer, creates assignments there, and then sends out e-mail-based assignments (InCopy packages) to the editors (and they return InDesign packages back to her). I found this a Q&A on the InCopy Secrets website:Ĭan you explain again why the remote workflow won’t work with remote designers?
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