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WARNING: If the plugin takes a long time to load in Windows, please check the setup.
See more here.

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INFO: If the plugin takes a long time to load in Windows, please check the setup. See more here.

Using the InDesign plugin from ADPPOINT X1

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WARNING: Please note that due to security measures, ADPPOINT ADPOINT X1 currently cannot launch the InDesign application automatically. Both ADPPOINT ADPOINT X1 and InDesign must be launched manually. Please make sure ADPPOINT ADPOINT X1 is started and logged in before launching InDesign.

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  1. In ADPOINT X1, find the order that you want to open. Open the Context Menu and select “Open in InDesign”

    Context Menu Open in InDesign.png

  2. You will be prompted to let ADPOINT X1 view files in the folder assigned above.
    Click the View files buttons to accept:

    X1 InddPlugin View files.png

  3. You will also be prompted to save changes.
    Also accept this by clicking the Save Changes button:

    X1 InddPlugin save changes.png

  4. Now the connection between ADPOINT X1 and InDesign is established

  5. In the InDesign application the plugin is controlled through the plugin panel:

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Save

The InDesign document and linked files is uploaded to ADPOINT X1 without a PDF being generated.

Save and Export

Use this to save and export a PDF using default joboptions. A PDF is uploaded to ADPPOINT X1 where it appears as a production file.

The InDesign document is closed and uploaded to ADPPOINT X1 including linked files.

More ˇ

Opens a dropdown menu with following menus:

Save and close

The InDesign document and linked files is uploaded to ADPPOINT X1 without a PDF being generated. The InDesign document is closed.

Save and export custom

Use this to save and export a PDF with custom joboptions. You can enter the custom joboptions in the Export Adobe PDF window. When clicking “Export” a PDF with the custom joboptions is uploaded to ADPPOINT X1 where it appears as a production file.

The InDesign document is closed and uploaded to ADPPOINT X1 including linked files.

Save/Overwrite template

Saves or overwrites the InDesign document as a template. A dialog is shown with default size, description and name. It is also possible to assign the template to one or more customers.

Order tab

Opens a list of assets attached to the currently opened order.
Assets can be dragged from the list directly to the InDesign layout.

Clicking the refresh symbol by the end of the menu - Screenshot 2024-08-16 at 10.32.40.png - the list of assets is renewed and any assets added since the InDesign document was opened will be added to the list.

Search field: Start typing to search the list of assets by filename.
The x clears the search and shows all assets.

Sort menu: Select the sort order (Newest/Oldest Date)

Show: Select which assets to show (All/Placed/Unplaced)

All: Select which asset types to show (All/Assets/Visual/InDesign documents)

Match: Match assets by either matspec or customer

Modification: Show assets in the list by modification date (3/6/12 months or all)

Reset to default: Resets settings to the default settings set in the Setting tab

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HINT: Press the rounded arrow symbol in the top right corner of the plugin to update notes.

Composite tab

The Composite tab is only visible when a composite “mother” order is opened. It shows a list of the “child orders” to the composite order including a preview, order information and the latest status.

The “child orders” can be dragged from the list to the InDesign Layout.

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HINT: Press the rounded arrow symbol in the top right corner of the plugin to update notes.

Details tab

Shows a list of order details for information purposes. The content of the list is subject to individual configuration.

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HINT: Press the rounded arrow symbol in the top right corner of the plugin to update notes.

Notes tab

Shows a list of notes added to the current order.

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HINT: Press the rounded arrow symbol in the top right corner of the plugin to update notes.

Annotations tab

Shows a list of annotations from the latest version of the current order.

Show Annotations: Switch to show or hide annotations in a separate layer on top of the layout.

Show reviewed: Switch between modes to show or hide annotations that are marked as “reviewed”

Click the annotations in the panel to highlight the annotation on top of the layout.

Check the Review button to mark an annotation as reviewed.

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HINT: If an annotation has a assets attached you can click on it and it will automatically jump to the Order tab and search for that specific asset:

X1 InddPlugin annotaion search for asset.png

Log

The Log window is used to display the processes performed by the plugin. The content may be required for debugging purposes.

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HINT: You can see the current installed version of the InDesign plugin in the bottom of this tab:

X1 InddPlugin version.png

The board clipboard icon with an arrow pointing to the left copies the log text and the trash can . The trashcan icon clears the text in the log windowlogtext.

Settings

Language: Choose your preferred language from the drop down menu.

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HINT: If an admin has made changes to the translations you can reload them by pressing the reload button: X1 InddPlugin reload button.png

Plugin window: Resets plugin window to its standard width and height

Open browser after checkincheck in: A new tab is opened the default browser window. Disabled by default but can be toggled on here.

Default Assets Filters: Set your preferred settings regarding assets here by choosing from the 4 different dropdown menus:

X1 InddPlugin Settings Default Asset filter.png

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If the connection between ADPPOINT ADPOINT X1 and InDesign does not work, please try the following:

  1. Go to the user profile menu and select “Reset Ad Production Folder”.

    X1 Reset Production Folder.png

  2. Set up connection to InDesign again following the steps from the section named Opening InDesign documents from ADPPOINT ADPOINT X1 above.

Version history

Version

Date added (ddmmyy)

Changes

1.9.0.3

22.11.2024

Improvements:

  • Fixed so also assets stored in Amazon S3 can be placed in a InDesign document

  • Show the asset version in the assets panel (next to the name like asset/1)

  • Show an error message from server when a network request fail

  • When line item is locked display the error message in alert

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed a bug where a line item got unlocked in the plugin if two users opens a line item at the same time

1.8.8.9

26.07.2024

Features:

  • It's now possible to click on assets attached to an annotation and it will go to and mark the asset in the order tab

  • The plugin now supports placed/unplaced sorting in real time when placing assets into the document. However, removing assets in the doc will not be detected in real-time, which requires either the user pressing the refresh icon at the top right, checking in, or restarting the plugin

Improvements:

  • If a textbox has overset text, a warning will now show when using Save & Export

  • The plugin now use the same missing fonts method as InDesign displaying when opening a document with missing fonts from X1

  • Updated the design to match colours from X1

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed a bug where timestamp was showing in English despite another language was chosen

  • Fixed a bug so it's now possible to review/unreview annotations in the plugin again

  • Fixed a bug causing InDesign to keep crashing when opening a corrupt InDesign document. Now it respects if user says no to recover the document and it also shows that the document is corrupt in the log

  • Fixed a bug so if users make changes to the Default Assets Filters it will respect these until clicking restore to defaults or closing plugin or InDesign

1.8.8.4

26.04.2024

Features:

  • Added modification filter changes depending on selecting matspec or customer assets. Default for customer assets are 3 months and all for matspec assets. The following filter options have been added Last 3 months, last 6 months, last 12 months, All assets

Improvements:

  • Added overwrite existing template functionality. Shows list of existing template names. Selecting a template fetches the selected template fields.

Bug fixes:

  • Fixed a bug where all assets wasn't available in the plugin

  • Fixed a bug with a problem when exporting documents with incorporated assets

  • Fixed a bug which gave problems when exporting indd.doc using pdf with the same name as the line item - now InDesign will show a warning and an opportunity to rename the pdf file before uploading it to ADPPOINT X1

  • Fixed a bug where asset(s) from a Adobe Library didn’t got uploaded to ADPPOINT X1 with a error message since it’s not possible to upload assets from Adobe Library because of some rights we can’t control in the plugin

  • Fixed a bug where it sometimes wasn't possible to overwrite template name and some general issues with naming in generally

1.8.7.7

25.03.2024

Features:

  • On checkout the existing folder is deleted if it exists.

  • Users are prompted to rename asset if there are name duplicates.

  • Added overwrite existing template functionality. Shows list of existing template names. Selecting a template fetches the selected templates fields. Id's of template is no longer saved to a file as those can be fetched now.

  • Added overwrite existing template functionality.

Fixes:

  • Updated translation when Adobe Library assets are rejected.

  • Bugs related to saving templates

  • Various minor bug fixes

1.8.6.4

18.07.2023

  • Now supports non-uniform bleed when creating the InDesign document.

  • Fixes some translation errors for Danish and Norwegian

1.8.4.3

03.05.2023

Bug fixes

  • Eval error on save and close

  • Eval error on startup

  • Catch of errors when enabling non existent annotations

1.8.3.4

26.03.2023

Features:

  • Added fetch assets from endpoint instead of xml. It is now possible to view new asset added/changed for the matspec.

  • Added handling of duplicate filenames edgecase with uppercase letters.

  • Added feature where you first select and item in the Indesign document and then drag one item, which then replace that item with dragged image

  • Added checkout progress indicator.

  • Auto removes downloaded folders older than 14 days.

Changes:

  • Fixed communication between jsx script and node app with Window's path separator

  • Fixed bug with multiple images in template

1.8.1.3

06.03.2023

Features:

  • Display asset version next to the asset file name.

Changes:

  • On checkout every asset is relinked in order to avoid broken link issues.

1.7.7.2

19.10.2022

Fixes:

  • Issues with too many part materials when checking out

  • Production note and notes is divided - not obvious to adproducer

  • Fix error “Customer filter is a new feature”.

  • Fix duplication error where the server would send mulitple id’s if there existed duplicates of an asset. It is fixed by choosing the first one (as they are the same).

  • Add production note from details tab to notes tab

Changes:

  • The asset list still shows even if the customer assets endpoint is not available

  • Increased performance for fetching notes

1.7.5

29.08.2022

New feature: It is now possible to open an InDesign document as read only from ADPPOINT X1. The document can only be viewed - no changes can be saved back to the server when opened in view only mode.

New feature: Ability to sort and filter assets are now added under the Order tab.

New feature: From ADPPOINT X1 it is now possible to select a template to open in InDesign. A list of installed InDesign templates is presented to the user. The selected template is opened in the booked size in InDesign. From InDesign, templates can be saved directly to ADPPOINT X1. Upon doing so, the user is prompted to enter various properties to help identifying the template.

Bug fix: Resolves a bug related to broken links when assets are added directly in InDesign

1.6.8.3

24.05.2022

Bug fix: Resolves a bug that could occur when user cancels and export custom.

Bug fix: Resolves a bug that could occur during Save only.

Improvement: Informs the use if a placed PDF contains multiple pages.

Improvement: Adjusts time according to users time zone for assets.

1.6.8

29.03.2022

New feature: Annotations created in ADPPOINT X1 can now be viewed inside InDesign. All information from the annotations can be viewed and the annotation view can be switched on and off. Currently only annotations from the newest version can be viewed but we will be adding support to view annotations for all versions soon.

New feature (beta): When an InDesign document is opened from ADPPOINT X1, a browser update is happening automatically. This feature is currently in Beta and we are fixing some known stability issues

Improvement: Date formats in the plugin panel now follow ADPPOINT X1 preferences.

Various bug fixes

1.6.7

21.02.2022

New feature: Visuals are pinned to the top of the assets list
Added ability to force save an Indd document depending on version.

Bug fixes: Resolves different naming issues with assets. Resolves issues that could occur while attempting to drag entries in the order tab.

1.6.6

18.01.2022

New feature: Notes panel for displaying notes

New feature: Details panel for display details of the job

New feature: Composite panel for displaying the composite “child“ ads

Fixed an issue relating to handling of linked assets with duplicate naming.

Added cache resetting when checking out

1.6.2

26.11.2021

Support for broken link dialog

Disables extension when a non-ADPPOINT X1 document is opened.

1.6.1

22.11.2021

Support for view only mode. Various bug fixes.

1.5.8

04.11.2021

Renamed “Lineitem” tab to “Order”. Added a search bar in the list of assets.

Updated the asset list with clearer indication of selected asset(s) and changed spacing between assets.

Removed the animated spinner - instead there is now a progress bar at the bottom of the panel during check-in, check-out, lock and unlock.

Added standard icons corresponding to the icons in ADPPOINT X1s Production panel for file types without preview (Word, Excel, Powerpoint and TXT).

Fixed a bug that caused a non-valid “Matspec ID not found” error message to show in the panel.

1.5.7

29.10.2021

Added Lineitem tab with a list of attached assets
Support for InDesign 2022
Various bug fixes.

1.5.3

17.09.2021

Bug fixes related to Save and Close. Joboptions are no longer checked in as assets.

1.5.2

25.08.2021

Fixed a bug related to InDesign conversion in relation to version.

1.5.1

17.08.2021

Bug fix

1.5.0

13.08.2021

Fixed an issue related to status changes.

1.4.9

11.08.2021

Added support for multiple joboptions.

1.4.7

07.07.2021

Fixed an issue related to export on windows. Now supports opens without overwriting.

1.4.6

02.07.2021

Fixed an issue related to export on windows.

1.4.5

Stability issues

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