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Knowledge Base / one2edit™ v4 Admins – Create Projects using the Project-Creation Assistant / Using a Content-Group Preset

Using the Assistant with a Content-Group Preset – Detailed

Created on 13th January 2025 at 17:18 by Jamie O'Connell



The Project-Creation Assistant allows an administrator to import multiple InDesign® documents at the click of a button. Furthermore, it allows the administrator to set up Content Groups within those imported documents, assign content to the Content Groups, create Version Documents, and to start workflows on those versions.

This tool can save a lot of time if the InDesign® documents and one2edit™ workflows are set up to follow a consistent process.

NOTE: This article assumes that you have already saved a Content-Group preset in the Assistant. If you do not, please see the From Scratch guides for more information.

Action Menu > Create Projects

  1. Select a one2edit™ Project folder.
  2. Choose Create Projects from the Action Menu.

NOTE: While this workshop assumes that you have already uploaded your InDesign® documents to your one2edit™ Asset Space, it is possible to upload files directly in the Documents step of the 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 navigate to a previous step by clicking on it here.
  2. Asset Browser: You select your uploaded InDesign® file(s) here. You may also upload files here, if you have not already done so.
  3. Selected Documents / Import List: The documents which are dragged to this area will be linked as projects within one2edit™.

Select Documents for Projects …

… via Drag-and-Drop

  1. Browse to the folder containing your document(s).
  2. Drag and drop the InDesign® file(s) to the Selected Documents list.
  3. The selected document(s) appear in the Selected Documents list.

NOTE: Multiple INDD files from a single folder can be selected and dragged at the same time.

NOTE: If a file is dragged to the Selected Documents list, but does not appear there, it may already be linked to a project in one2edit™.

… via Button press

  1. Browse to the folder containing your first document(s).
  2. Select the InDesign® file(s)
  3. Click the Add selected Documents button
  4. The selected document(s) appear in the Selected Documents list.

NOTE: Multiple INDD files from a single folder can be selected and added at the same time.

Continue

Once all documents have been added to the Selected Documents list, click Continue.

Select Content-Group Preset

Select your Content-Group preset from the action menu, as shown. This loads 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: You can edit the Content Group(s) after they have been loaded from the preset. This will not affect any settings stored in the preset.

Click Continue

Once your Content Group(s) are set up, click Continue to move to the next step in the process.

Set up Workflows

At this step, you can set up version documents for each project, and what workflows to assign to those version documents.

You may also assign workflows directly to the master documents, if no version documents are required.

NOTE: If you click Continue at this point, only the master documents will be created. These masters will contain the Content Groups, but no versions will be created in the projects.

Select a Project

  1. Select a project from the section on the left.
  2. The workflow-setup area for this project is now displayed on the right.

Adding Version Documents

Use the Add Version button to add version documents to the selected project.

NOTE: Once you create version documents within a project, you may no longer assign a workflow to the master document.

Name the Version Document

Double-click in the Version field to give the version document with a more appropriate name.

Repeat to add more Version Documents

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

NOTE: The Clear Versions button will remove ALL version documents from the selected project.

Assign a Workflow to a Version Document

Click the [No Workflow] button beside a version document to assign it a workflow. This opens the Select Workflow dialog.

NOTE: Any workflows added here will be automatically started when the import process has been completed.

Select a workflow for this version document, and click the Select button.

NOTE: The workflows chosen must contain workflow tracks with the correct Content Group name(s). In this example, the workflows must each contain a workflow track entitled Translation Group, because this is the name we gave our Content Group in the previous steps.

Repeat to assign Workflows to other Version Documents

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

Copy Setup to all Projects

If desired, click the Apply to all projects button.

This will duplicate the version-document setup, including names and workflows, across all the projects on the left.

Click Continue

Once all projects have been set up, click Continue.

Check Summary

Finally, check that everything looks OK in this summary.

  1. Target: This displays the one2edit™ project folder in which these projects will be created.
  2. Count: A summary of the total number of documents being created, and how many workflows will be started.
  3. Import: If the numbers all check out, click the Import button to begin the project-creation process.

In our example above, we have 1 Content Group, 2 master documents, 6 version documents (3 per project), and 6 workflows (1 each per version document). These projects will be created in the selected folder entitled 'New Department'.

NOTE: If the Import button is grayed out or does not work, please ensure that you have a target project folder selected. If not, one2edit™ cannot know where you want to create these new projects.

Projects being created

While the project-creation process is running, the Importing bar will be displayed in the dialog.

When the process completes, the dialog will automatically close.

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

New Projects Created

When the process has completed, you will see:

  1. the new master documents
  2. the new version documents (complete with started workflows)

in your chosen project folder.

ASIDE: Assigning a Workflow to the Master Document

Instead of creating version documents in a project, you may wish to assign a workflow directly to your master document by clicking the [No Workflow] 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 (unless 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 (i.e. a single InDesign file cannot be bilingual). Therefore, the Commit Translations workflow action will not work, nor will it be possible to export a TMX file from the translation job.




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