Check in content

When you check in a managed content file, you save it to a shared location on a file system where it can be checked out by others for editing or other changes. Exporting a text or graphics frame from InDesign also checks it in automatically.

Although a checked-in file is available for editing, it is not actually editable until it is checked out (unless you edit the content in stand-alone mode in InCopy). Checking in content relinquishes editing control, but does not close the file. The content remains open on your screen, but in a read-only state.

The LiveEdit Workflow plug‑ins do not create multiple file versions. Instead, files are overwritten when updated in either InCopy or InDesign. (To gain file-versioning capabilities, as well as many other features, use Adobe Version Cue in InDesign or InCopy with a Version Cue Workspace.)

If you are working on an assignment package, return or forward the assignment package after checking it in.