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                    Assignments panel overview
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                <div><div class="para">The
primary tool for working with assignments is the Assignments panel (Window&#160;&gt;
Assignments). The Assignments panel displays the files exported from
the currently active InDesign document, and an icon indicates their
status. The Assignments panel menu also contains commands that control
import version and file-management functions between InCopy and
InDesign. When you open an assignment in InCopy, the assignment
name and its contents appear in the Assignments panel. You can double-click
text and graphics frames in the Assignments panel to select them
in the document window.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>All content exported to InCopy or added
to an assignment is also listed in the Links panel. Although you
can do some workflow management tasks, such as checking out and
checking in content, the recommended panel for these tasks is the Assignments
panel.</div>
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<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="br_04" src="images/br_04.png" /><div class="figdesc">InDesign Assignments panel </div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>InCopy content names</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>InDesign
document name</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Assignment Out Of Date
status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Available And Text Up
To Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">E.</dt>
<dd>In Use And Text Out
Of Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">F.</dt>
<dd>Editing And Text Up
To Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">G.</dt>
<dd>Unassigned content</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">H.</dt>
<dd>User name</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">I.</dt>
<dd>Update
Content button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">J.</dt>
<dd>Check Out/Check In Selection
button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">K.</dt>
<dd>New Assignment button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">L.</dt>
<dd>Delete
Selected Assignments/Remove button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
</div><div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="br_07" src="images/br_07.png" /><div class="figdesc">InCopy Assignments panel</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>InCopy content names</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Assignment
Out Of Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Assignment
name</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Available And Text Up
To Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">E.</dt>
<dd>In Use And Text Out
Of Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">F.</dt>
<dd>Editing And Text Up
To Date status</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">G.</dt>
<dd>User name</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">H.</dt>
<dd>Update
Design button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">I.</dt>
<dd>Update Content button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">J.</dt>
<dd>Check
Out/Check In Selection button</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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