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1. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Baljeet S. Juneja
Jun 24, 2012 1:37 PM
Moving to InDesign Section.
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2. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Thank you, Baljeet. When posting a question, I was prompted to provide a subject and Creative Cloud was the closest there was in the pull-down menu. Hopefully someone can help me with an answer - it's very frustrating. It should happen automatically, so it's doubling frustrating that it not only doesn't, but that there isn't an obvious way to import one's settings from the previous version. Thanks again for moving my question to the InDesign forum.
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3. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Workspaces are saved as .xml files in the workspaces folder in your user library: <USER>/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/<Version #>/<Language>/
Just copy and paste into the same location for the new version.
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4. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Thank you for your response, Peter. But I already did that and my workspace does not show up. That's why I asked if there was some way to import them. Some additional task to do after copying the .xml file into my CS6 preferences folder. Because my workspace simply is not showing up in the pull-down list of workspaces.
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5. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Are you sure it's in the correct place? I moved my wrospaces without a problem, but I'm on Windows.
Save new workspace and see where it is stored, then put your others in the same folder.
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6. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
1 person found this helpfulAlso worked for me in OSX. I copied the entire workspaces folder though:
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7. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
On a Mac you can also find the presets with workspaces in User/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/(version). Copying it there worked for me.
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8. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Ah wait, this was already mentioned. In other cases try: Mac HD/Applications/Adobe InDesign/presets/workspaces/(language, like en_US)
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9. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
1 person found this helpfulIf you are using 10.7.X, the the User/<yourname>/Library folder is a hidden folder. Do a google search for instructions on making it visible.
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10. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Thank you - excellent suggestion. I had it in the wrong place - the posting after yours, by Rob Day, with the screen shots showed me that we're on version 8?!? I thought that version would equate with... well, the suffix on CS, so I thought we were on version 6 since we're on CS6. The test workspace that I saved confirmed that I'm on version 8. Thanks for your help.
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11. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Version numbering got a bit confusing when Adobe Adopted the CS designations. For InDesign, add 2 to the CS number because CS1 came out with InDesign 3.0.
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12. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
May I add that I just received CS6 Cloud and immediately setup a workspace in InDesign (after reading the blogs I decides to make fresh ones instead of bringing them over from CS5).
The problem I am having is that I cannot save it as a default. Everytime I open InDesign the Essentials workspace is active. Maybe I am creating it wrong? Can someone tell me how to create it correctly so that it sticks as a default?
Also note below the workspace is my custom workspace—not the Essentials as shown above the pallets. Should not the "Essentials" read "The Name Of Myworkspace?" since the pallets are my custom settings?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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13. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Did you save the workspace with a new name?
If all you did was modify the Essentials workspace to suit, it will continue to display as Essentials untill you actually save the current condition with a new workspace name.
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14. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Yes, I named it with a completely new name.
When I select my custom workspace from the flyout menu above the pallets, the workspace DOES change to my custom workspace, but the flyout button still reads "Essentials." See below.
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15. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Try trashing your prefs. See Replace Your Preferences
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16. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
OK, got it. It was the slash in the name, "Jeff 8/2012", that did it.
You cannot put slashes in the workspace name.
Everything works great now.
Thanks or talking!
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17. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Good to know. Thinking about it, it isn't a big surprise. I bet other special characters like * or % cause trouble too since they mean something as part of a file path. Stick to alphanumerics, hyphen and underscore and you should be OK.
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18. Re: How do I import my custom-made workspace from InDesign CS5 into InDesign CS6 on the Mac?
Thanks for this info.
This is a common beef for me when installing new versions of InDesign... why can't it offer to take settings etc. from previous versions? I have to manually bring over or re-do settings, workspaces, presets, scripts, keyboard shortcuts, etc.
