Reply To: Unable to assign specific stories in InDesign

I think I meant dragging the story to an existing Assignment in the palette. The issue was never figured out. We are now into a new proofing cycle and we will see if the problem reappears.

I get nervous when people simultaneously edit a document, but perhaps we are talking about a conceptual problem on my part. What the InCopy editor is actually editing with the content in an icml file of the individual story instead of icma one which contains all the assigned stories?

It has taken a long time for us to shift to including InCopy into the workflow. There was resistance on the part of the editor (“I am going to have to devote more time to editing.” ”I have to learn a new program.”) and ambivalence higher up the chain. Your humble designer needed to do the research, set up the system, and hold the editor’s hand while she found her feet. But, it has paid dividends in a smoother workflow. The little complications we have experienced are eclipsed by the benefits. The designer does not need to fiddle with small word changes and the editor knows exactly how the text will fall in the design as she edits.