User Guide

ADOBE INCOPY CS2

User Guide

While you’re working with a Version Cue project in Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, or Photoshop, you can add a file

to a document just as you normally would—by using the Place command. The Links palette (in Illustrator, InCopy,

and InDesign) displays additional information about placed files from Version Cue projects, identifying whether a

linked file is being edited, which user is doing the editing, whether it is a member of a group of alternates, and if so,

whether it is the primary (preferred) alternate. You can also use the Links palette to determine whether the linked

file needs to be updated to a newer version from the Version Cue Workspace.

1 In Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, or Photoshop, choose File > Place.

2 Click Version Cue in the Favorites panel.

3 Double-click the host Version Cue Workspace.

4 Double-click the project containing the file you want to place.

5 Select the file, and click Place.

For complete information on placing files into documents in Adobe Creative Suite, see the specific application’s Help.

Note: When you place a file from a Version Cue project, a copy of that file is placed in your My Documents/Version Cue

(Windows) or Documents/Version Cue (Mac OS) folder of working copies for that project. As a result, you can edit that

file offline, while it’s disconnected from the Version Cue Workspace

See also

“Using the Links palette with project files” on page 50

“About Version Cue alternates” on page 63

To place a non-Version Cue file into a document

Note: You can perform this task only if you have access to the full Version Cue feature set, available in Adobe Creative

Suite or in a shared workspace. See “Availability of Version Cue features” on page 29 for more information.

1 With the document open in Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, or Photoshop, navigate to the file you want to place.

2 Select the file, and click Place (Illustrator) or Open.

For complete information on placing files into documents in Adobe Creative Suite, see the specific application’s Help.

You should always add assets to a Version Cue project before placing them in a Version Cue-managed file. When you

place a non-Version-Cue managed file into a managed file, you cannot keep track of the placed asset's versions, alter

nates, or status.

Using the Links palette with project files

When Version Cue is enabled in Illustrator, InCopy, or InDesign, the Links palette identifies who is editing a linked

file from aVersion Cueproject.Italsodisplaysalinkedfile’sversionsand alternates so that youcan promoteand use

previous versions, update the document with the linked file’s alternates; you can even create versions of linked non-

Adobe files.

The Links palette, including the File Status column, functions the same with Version Cue-managed files as it does

with non-Version Cue-managed files. For example, if a newer version of a linked file is on the Version Cue

Workspace, the Modified Artwork icon

appears; if a file is missing, the Missing Artwork icon appears. To

update a linked file from a Version Cue project, you use the same procedures used for files that aren’t managed by

Version Cue.