InDesign plugin for ADPOINT X1.3 after 202402604

Who should use the inDesign plugin for ADPOINT X1.3

This plugin in required for ADPPOINT X1 users that run the ADPOINT X1.3

Requirements

This instruction applies to the following versions:

ADPPOINT X1	Version X1.3 up to 20240627 (released version)
InDesign	CC2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
ADPPOINT X1 Plugin for InDesign	Version 1.8.8.9 (version history)
Browser	Chrome version 90 and newer

The instruction is valid for both PC and Mac users.

Installation

Installing the ADPPOINT X1 plugin for InDesign

Download InDesign plugin for ADPOINT X1.3 v.1.8.8.4
f you do not already have the latest Anastasiy’s Extension Manager installed, please download and install it from here: Anastasiy’s Extension Manager.
Quit any running instances of InDesign
Open Anastasiy’s Extension Manager on your PC or Mac and select InDesign in the Adobe Products column:
If there is already an extension called http://com.integrationx.client installed, then select it and click Remove from the menu. You may get prompted to enter your local system password to the accept the removal.
Click Install and select the plugin file which was downloaded in point 2 above. This will install the plugin. You may get prompted to enter your local system password to the accept installation.
Quit Anastasiy’s Extension Manager
Open InDesign

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

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

The InDesign plugin for ADPOINT X1 is used to open print orders in InDesign. It works with orders that have already been opened in InDesign and where an InDesign document exists as well as orders where an InDesign file does not exist yet.

Launching ADPPOINT X1 and InDesign applications

Launch ADPPOINT X1 in your Chrome browser and log in
Launch InDesign

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

Opening InDesign documents from ADPPOINT X1

In ADPOINT X1, find the order that you want to open. Open the Context Menu and select “Open in InDesign”
You will be prompted to let ADPOINT X1 view files in the folder assigned above.
Click the View files buttons to accept:
You will also be prompted to save changes.
Also accept this by clicking the Save Changes button:
Now the connection between ADPOINT X1 and InDesign is established
In the InDesign application the plugin is controlled through the plugin panel:

Features of the plugin

The buttons on the plug in panel works as follows:

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 - - 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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:
Log	The Log window is used to display the processes performed by the plugin. The content may be required for debugging purposes. HINT: You can see the current installed version of the InDesign plugin in the bottom of this tab: The board with an arrow pointing to the left copies the log text and the trash can icon clears the text in the log window
Settings	Language: Choose your preferred language from the drop down menu. HINT: If an admin has made changes to the translations you can reload them by pressing the reload button: Plugin window: Resets plugin window to its standard width and height Open browser after checkin: 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:

Debugging

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

Go to the user profile menu and select “Reset Ad Production Folder”.
Set up connection to InDesign again following the steps from the section named Opening InDesign documents from ADPPOINT X1 above.

Version history

Version	Date added (ddmmyy)	Changes
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