InDesign Plugin Question

[TreeSawDesign]

I am working on a MAC using Adobe InDesign CS4. I have a document that was created on a PC that I reworked on my MAC (new fonts, images, copy etc.) There was a plugin that was used on the PC called InCat (incat.pln) that shouldn't be attached to anything anymore but I can't collect the file. It gives me an error stating there is a plugin error. Is there any way that I can turn the plugin off? I don't even have it on my MAC and I would really like to collect the file in the near future.

Thanks!
Reese

 

[buckeye]

Try exporting the InDesign document out as a .inx (InDesign Interchange) file and then open the .inx file and save back as a .indd file.

Erik

 

[jrhmobile]

May be data link

May be data link

Your "InCat" plug-in alert likely comes from Em Software's "InCatalog" utilities, which let users massage data files and compose text and graphic links for formatting in InDesign documents. This lets your client easily build catalogs, sales sheets and fliers based on existing databases and update easily with current, updated datasets.

But that's more background than solution. You need to break the links. Provided that you are receiving a complete InDesign package from your client with appropriate graphics, images and (perhaps) linked text files, you may find that the cycle to an .inx interchange file and back to an .indd document file may or may not work. But It's probably your best shot short of either buying the plug-in and linking to their data, or just chucking it all and trying a PDF workflow.

Good luck.

 

[Kiezer]

This Thread actually brought me to this site and I tried doing what you said (saving as an .inx) and it worked the first time, but I tried doing it again because I received several files, all missing the InCat Plugin and it didn't work this time.

I'm currently at work right now and this file is massive, over 1500 links... if someone has a solution please help me out, I really don't wanna go through this whole bloody document moving every link into the same folder.

Thanks,
Nick

 

[Sherbert]

Kiezer,

You need your client to supply the INX file. I guess this is whats happening?

 

[Lukas Engqvist]

Have you tried shift clicking links

Have you tried shift clicking links

In CS4 you can relink to folder... it helps when relinking a bunch of files.