Collaborative Workflows for Editors and Designers

Explore how designers and editors can collaborate with remote workflows using proven and free solutions that include InDesign, Word, Google Docs, and InCopy.

Introduction

• The benefits of a collaborative workflow

1. Collaboration Basics

• How a collaborative workflow is better
• Sell the new workflow to staff
• Set up collaboration with a network
• Cloud sharing strategies
• Dropbox for local and shared folders
• Google Drive for local and shared folders
• One Drive/SharePoint for local and shared folders
• Creative Cloud files for local synced and shared folders

2. Single App Collaboration

• Codesign Adobe Cloud files
• Coedit Word 365 files
• Use Google Docs to coedit documents
• Collaborative PDF commenting with Acrobat
• Use shared reviews for an InDesign layout
• Codesign a single InDesign layout
• Share Creative Cloud Libraries

3. InCopy and InDesign Collaboration

• InCopy and InDesign workflow
• Set up shared project folders
• Essential InDesign setup steps for designers
• Essential InCopy setup steps for editors
• Make the layout editable for InCopy users
• Open and edit the layout in InCopy
• Update stories and layouts
• Use InCopy without an InDesign layout
• Close out an InCopy/InDesign project
• Tips for using InCopy with InDesign

4. Microsoft Word and InDesign Collaboration

• InDesign's own Word file linking is broken
• Use the WordsFlow plugin
• Track design and editorial changes
• Map styles from Word to InDesign
• Advanced techniques with WordsFlow

5. Google Docs and InDesign Collaboration

• Use the DocsFlow plugin for smart updating
• Track design and editorial changes
• Map styles from Google Docs to InDesign
• Advanced techniques with DocsFlow

Conclusion

• Next steps