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    InCopy/Indesign workflow for printed and folio mags?

    Graham bu Community Member
    Graham bu Feb 4, 2014 4:59 PM

      We have a printed magazine that we also produce as folios for a DPS app. We produce the mag by using InCopy for text within the InDesign workflow. No problems there.

       

      When finished (all edits completed) we produce the folio files but adding in all the links to twitter handles, URL's etc is proving tedious and timeconsuming for the editors and the designer. The editors (who use the print files and InCopy) produce a list in excel of the additions - they reference columns and paragraphs - which we don't use in the folio version. The designer then finds the spot after a lot of searching and then copies and pastes.  All very tedious and a backward step in workflow.

       

      Is there a way to include the "links" in an InCopy file that doesn't appear on the print PDF's yet apply correctly in the folios?

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        • 1. Re: InCopy/Indesign workflow for printed and folio mags?
          Bob Bringhurst Adobe Employee
          Bob Bringhurst Feb 4, 2014 9:00 PM (in response to Graham bu)

          Use conditional text.

           

          All interactive elements should be inline objects or simple hyperlinks that are tagged with a condition, then either showing or hidden depending on the article. Hide the interactive content when you create the PDF for print, and show the condition when adding or updating the article.

           

          Anything you want to show/hide has to be part of a story — so text, inline objects, and anchored objects can all be used this way.

           

          InCopy can see and apply conditional text, but cannot edit DPS-centric content such as an anchored MSO.

           

          As always, using matching versions of ID/IC is important.