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Using DropBox with an InCopy workflow

Using DropBox with an InCopy workflow

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Using DropBox with an InCopy workflow

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There is another way to skin this cat, of being able to work in an InDesign/ InCopy workflow without access to a shared local network server. Another way other than using the remote workflow with the packages. The InDesign and the ICAP packages and all that kind of rigmarole, and also it's actually a really cool way to use InDesign and InCopy even if everybody is at the same company, because it allows everybody to work off of a local folder but still keep up-to-date and still do parallel workflow. So what is this miracle cure? It is a cool little program called Dropbox and I am sure there are many utilities just like Dropbox. Essentially, it is a free utility that works on Macs, Windows, and Linux machines and lets you sync whatever you put inside the Dropbox folder on your hard drive to the Dropbox server in the cloud. You can also share whatever is inside that folder with other users who are not in your network, whether they are working with you in your local server or not. It…

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