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Knowledge Base / Administrators – Creating Projects using the Project-Creation Assistant / Using a preset Content Group

Using the 'Project-Creation Assistant' with a preset Content Group – Detailed Steps

Created on 15th February 2017 at 17:29 by Jamie O'Connell



The 'Project-Creation Assistant' allows an administrator to set up one or more projects. Those projects will contain a master document with populated content groups, as well as version documents with running workflows (if desired). This tool can save a lot of time if the original InDesign® documents and one2edit™ workflows are set up in a consistent manner.

This guide explains the options in detail. Please see the 'quick reference' guide for a more concise version.

Click 'File > Create Projects'

Click 'File > Create Projects'

Click 'File > Create Projects' to open the 'Project-Creation Assistant'.

NOTE:
While this workshop assumes that you have already uploaded your InDesign® documents to your one2edit™ asset space, it is possible to upload and extract .zip files from the 'Documents' tab of the 'Project-Creation Assistant'.

'Project-Creation Assistant'

'Project-Creation Assistant'
  1. Steps: This is a breadcrumb navigation for the steps taken when importing documents. During the import process, you can jump between steps by clicking on them here.
  2. 'Asset' Area: This area is an 'Asset Browser'. You can find your InDesign® files here in your usual folder structure.
  3. Selected Documents / Import List: The documents which are dragged to this area will be set up as projects within one2edit™.

NOTE:
Once you have selected a folder, it is possible to use the 'upload' and 'extract archive' buttons to upload and extract your InDesign Document packages (if you have not already done so).

Drag Documents to 'Selected Documents' Area

Drag Documents to 'Selected Documents' Area
  1. Browse to the folder containing your first document.
  2. Drag and drop the InDesign® file to the 'Selected Documents' area.

Complete your Import List

Complete your Import List
  1. Drag all required documents into the 'Selected Documents' area. Each of these files will become a master document for a one2edit™ project.
  2. Click 'Continue'.

Select Content-Group preset

Select Content-Group preset

Select the appropriate Content-Group preset from the drop-down menu. This will load the content group(s) for your project.

NOTE:
The content group name needs to match the workflow track name in any workflows that you are intending to use with these documents.

NOTE:
It is possible to edit the Content Group(s) after they have been loaded from the preset.

Click 'Continue'

Click 'Continue'

To move to the next step, click the 'Continue' button.

Set up Workflows (optional)

Set up Workflows (optional)

In this step, you can set up what version documents should be created for each project, and what workflows to apply to those version documents.

NOTE:
You can also apply workflows to master documents, if no version documents are required.

NOTE:
This section will create untranslated jobs in your project. If your workflow involves exporting an XML file from the master document for translation, then you can skip this section entirely by clicking 'Continue'.

Select a Master Document

Select a Master Document

Select a master document from the 'Projects' section on the left (1). This displays the workflow setup area on the right (2).

Adding Version Documents

Adding Version Documents

Use the 'Add Version' button to add a version document to this master document.

NOTE:
Once you create version documents within a project, you may not assign a workflow to the master document. The 'Master Document Workflow' option will be grayed out, as shown.

Name the Version Document

Name the Version Document

Click in the 'Version' field to rename the version document with a more appropriate name.

Repeat to add more Version Documents

Repeat to add more Version Documents

Repeat the above steps to add as many version documents as are required for this project.

Assign Workflows to the Version Documents

Assign Workflows to the Version Documents

Click the [No workflow] footprints button beside a version document to add a workflow. Any workflows added here will be automatically started when the import process has been completed.

Choose Workflow

Choose Workflow

Choose the workflow for this version document from the 'Select Workflow' window. When it has been selected, click 'Continue'.

NOTE:
The workflows chosen must contain workflow tracks with the correct content group name. In our example, the workflows must contain a workflow track entitled 'Text Editing Group' because this is the name given to the content group earlier on.

Repeat to set up other Workflows

Repeat to set up other Workflows

Repeat the above steps to add a suitable workflow to each version document.

Set up all projects in the same way

Set up all projects in the same way

If desired, you can now click the 'Apply to all projects' button. This will duplicate the version names and workflows across all the master documents on the left.

Click 'Continue'

Click 'Continue'

Once all projects have been set up correctly, click the 'Continue' button.

Check Summary

Check Summary

Check that everything looks OK in the summary.

  1. 'Target': This displays the one2edit™ folder in which the projects will be created.
  2. 'Count': This breaks down the total number of documents being created, and how many workflows will be started.
  3. 'Import': When you are sure that the numbers all check out, click the 'Import' button.

In our example, we have 1 content group, 3 master documents, 6 version documents (2 per master document), and 6 workflows (1 each per version document). These projects will be created in the selected folder entitled 'Bulk Import Recipes'.

NOTE:
If the 'Import' button is grayed out or does not work, please ensure that you have a target folder selected in the 'Projects' tab. Without this, one2edit cannot know where you want to place your new projects.

Progress Bar

Progress Bar

A progress bar will be displayed in the lower-left corner of the 'Project-Creation Assistant' window.

Depending on the number of documents and version documents involved, this process may take a long time.

New Projects

When the process has completed, you will see the new master and version documents (complete with started workflows) in your chosen folder under the 'Projects' tab.

NOTE:
If your workflow involves exporting an XML file from the master document for translation, and you skipped the 'Workflows' stage of the process, then you will not see any jobs here yet.

ASIDE: Assigning a Workflow to the Master Document

ASIDE: Assigning a Workflow to the Master Document

Instead of creating version documents, you may assign a workflow directly to your master document by clicking the [No Workflow] footprints button, as shown.

NOTE:
Assigning a workflow to your master document means that it is not possible to create any version documents in that project (until the workflow on the master document is removed).

NOTE:
If you assign a translation workflow to a master document, then there is no 'source' document that can be used to capture translations. Therefore, the 'commit translations' workflow action will not work, nor will it be possible to export a TMX file from the job.




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