Brooks wrote,
Is there any way to see the full document path of an open InDesign document? Sometimes it’s important to know if we’ve opened a document via a mapped drive (e.g., “L:\path”) or the full network (Network\drive\path). The only thing we can find to do this is the “Reveal in Explorer” command on the task bar, but there must be a better way. Any ideas?
Well, geez, Brooks, I was going to say “Choose ‘Reveal in Explorer’ from the bottom of the window,” until I finished reading your question. Smarty-pants!
So you had me there for a second, until I remembered a tidbit that I think you’ll like: Choose Edit > Deselect All (or press Command/Ctrl-Shift-A, or click in an empty area) so that nothing is selected. Then open the Info panel from the Window menu.
When nothing is selected, the path to the current InDesign document is displayed in the Info panel. Since you can’t resize the panel (boo hiss), the path is most likely truncated. However, if you hover your cursor over the bit you can see, the tool tip will show you the full path.
By the way, if you’re wondering how to find that “Reveal in Explorer” (on a Mac it’s “Reveal in Finder”) command that Brooks mentioned, it’s in a little pop-up to the left of the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the window. It appears in both CS3 and CS4 (and maybe earlier versions too.) You don’t have to deselect anything to see the command. In CS4, the icon you click on is a dog-eared page in a gray circle, as shown below.
In CS3, the pop-up icon is a right-pointing triangle in the status field (it says “Open” or “Never Saved”) at the bottom of the window:
You can use either of these techniques to make sure you’re working on the right file! I sometimes find I’m working on the “wrong” version of a layout after doing a File > Package or even a Save a Copy, so I’m a big fan of both of these path-discovery methods.
This article was last modified on December 19, 2021
This article was first published on July 28, 2009
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