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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7d43a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Check out content (InDesign)</h4>
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check out an item, a hidden lock file (.idlk) is placed on the file
system. Once the content is checked out, you have exclusive control
over its content, and others are locked out from making changes.
You can check out InCopy content only; you cannot check out InDesign
documents with layout information. </p>
<p>If you attempt to close
an InDesign document containing one or more InCopy content files
that are checked out to you, an alert message appears, prompting you
to check in all content. If you close the document without checking
in the content files, they will still be checked out to you the
next time you open the InDesign document. Saving the InDesign document
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frames to edit and choose Edit&#160;&gt; InCopy&#160;&gt;
Check Out.</p>
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<li><p>In the Assignments panel, select the files and choose
Check Out from the panel menu.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>When you check out available content in InDesign, you
see the Editing icon&#160;<img src="images/editing.png" /> on
the InDesign frame. In InCopy, the In Use icon&#160;<img src="images/in_use.png" /> appears
on the InCopy frame and in the Assignments panel if the assignment
files are stored on a local server.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7d42a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-7d42a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Check out content (InCopy)</h3><div><ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>If the content you want is part of an assignment,
choose File&#160;&gt; Open and select the assignment file (.icma
or .inca).</p>
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<li><p>If the content you want was exported as individual
files, choose File&#160;&gt; Open and select the InCopy file
(.icml or .incx). To see the layout so you can do copyfitting, select
the InDesign document.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To check out a single InCopy content file,
choose File&#160;&gt; Check Out.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To check out all content in an assignment at once,
select the assignment in the Assignments panel, and choose Check
Out from the panel menu.</p>
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<li><p>To check out individual items in an assignment,
open the assignments list in the Assignments panel, select an item
or multiple items, and choose Check Out from the panel menu. </p>
</li>
</ul>
 <p>The Editing icon&#160;<img src="images/editing.png" /> appears
next to the item or items in the Assignments panel, indicating that
the content is checked out to you for your exclusive use.</p>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If prompted to update the content with changes, click&#160;OK.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><p>When you check out available content in InCopy, you see
the Editing icon&#160;<img src="images/editing.png" /> on the
InCopy frame, and in the Assignments panel. In InDesign, the In
Use icon&#160;<img src="images/in_use.png" /> appears
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