Comments on: Smart Export All to InCopy Scripts

By: Shamsky

Shamsky — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:00:22 +0000

An alternative to this “Mac only” script is a Mac/Win product called CrossTalk. With Crosstalk and InCopy installed, the InCopy user can open the shared InDesign file and perform the necessary edits and saves. Check in and check out hassles are eliminated.

I have been supporting 5 Crosstalk (& InCopy) licenses for my end users since InDesign CS. My technical copywriters make their edits directly to the InDesign master file using Crosstalk/InCopy for the various manuals that we maintain. No more time wasted importing and exporting between Word and InDesign.

The makers of CrossTalk (CTRL-PS) supports all of the newer InCopy releases (up to CS4 as of this posting). They also provide technical support.

The software company “Ctrl-ps” is based in Sweden, so you will need to contact them for payment arrangements. Their contact information is listed on their site.

Sincerely,
Shamsky

By: Dieta dos Pontos

Dieta dos Pontos — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:56:12 +0000

Its a shame that it doesn’t work in CS3! It looks like a huge time saver! Any info if it will be released for CS3?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:24:44 +0000

Has anyone found a solution for the script to work in CS3? I keep getting an error message. It’s a great script to have, and we have gotten spoiled with it in CS2, but now that we have switched to CS3 it is back to tedious ways of having to export each text box one at a time…. ARGGGG! Any clue on how to fix the script for CS3?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:41:12 +0000

Worked great! It would be nice if there was a way to name the files, instead of just numberingn them after the original file name. Hard to identify them individually. I know you can click on the link and say go to content, but it’s not quite what I was looking for. But, i would highly recommend it! We will be switching to CS3 soon, and I hope it works there as well?

By: Pethr

Pethr — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:49:13 +0000

I´m using InCopy layer to export articles for InCopy. It requires some getting used to but if you have 3+ layers for various objects you´ll be up to speed pretty fast and you have absolute controll over what gets exported. Of course you also forget to export something from time to time because it is in different layer by mistake…

By: Don Ayer

Don Ayer — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:17:01 +0000

Just a word on that incx vs. incd issue. “CS2 features” are not the only things to avoid when using incd files in CS2.

In CS1, text objects pasted inline with other text were exported as unique incd files.

In CS2, text objects pasted inline with other text are exported as part of the main incx file.

It seems CS2 does not recognize this important difference. When incd files are edited in CS2, these inline objects appear to be editable but CS2 does not know to save the changes to the objects’ own incd files. The changes are lost (with no error message) when the document is closed.

The ID4.0.3 update claims to have fixed the incx corruption problem. Let’s hope so, because incd files are not the solution.

By: José Ramos

José Ramos — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 14:23:13 +0000

Beautiful!!! It worked like a charm. Actually better, ‘cuz charms never work.
Now, if I only had a script to unlink all stories in a given document, I’d be set. How hard can that be, right?