Error Message: The Indesign file for the layout cannot be found. Please relink the article to desire

Hi Bob,

Thank you for the note.

What am I relinking to?

I am not moving files from one computer to another, I have the files stored in CreativeCloud.

I have tried to relink, but I don't know what I am looking for or where it is?  Am I trying to relink to the orignial file created on the Mac?

Thanks for your help

Deb

YIPPIE!!!! I've got it!! Thank you BOB!!!

It means one more step when working on each machine, but it works!

Here is the step by step - I am posting it for others who have been wrestling with this and don't know where to start (as I)

Apparently, this is normal.

The layout file is stored locally.  So, when I work on a file on my Mac, the layout is stored on my Mac.  In the background, the file I am working on knows where the layout is stored so when I try to open the file on my Windows machine the file is looking for the layout on my Mac and it can’t find it.

The answer is when going to work on a file.

1. In the folio Builder Panel - click once on the file you are going to work on, so it is blue
2. Go to the Utilities menu of the Folio Builder panel - small drop menu at top right corner of the panel
3. The 6th choice in the menu is Relink… click it
4. You will see an error message telling you that the file doesn’t exist (look at the path it is showing you in the error message - it is pointing somewhere else - THIS is the problem)
5. Click OK on the error message to make it go away
6. You will see a relink article window - notice the path it is showing you, it needs to point to your local file
7. Click once on the File folder
8. Navigate on your machine, to where your file is located
9. Select your file, Click OPen
10. You will be returned to the Relink Article window - notice the path is pointing to your localcomputer
11. Click OK
12. The article goes through an Update process - you will see the blue bars go by in the Folio Builder panel
13. You will get two checkmarks if all goes well and the blue bars will disappear
14. You can now double-click the article and it will open.

When I go to open the article on my Mac, I will need to go through the same process.

Halleuljah!!

Deb