Adobe® Drive 2.0 User Guide
Working with versions
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After you check in a file, editing the file checks it out again, allowing you to save another version. If you
close an edited file without saving, you are prompted with these choices:
S
AVE
:
Saves the file but doesn’t check it in.
C
HECK
I
N
:
Saves and checks in the file.
D
ON
’
T
S
AVE
:
Closes the file without saving the changes.
C
ANCEL
:
Doesn’t save or close the file.
X
For all other applications, use the context menu in the platform file browser to check in versions
manually.
Invoke the context menu for the file with right-click (in Windows) or C
TRL
-click (in Mac OS) and choose
Adobe Drive 2.0 > Check In. (In Mac OS X Leopard, choose More > Adobe Drive 2.0 > Check In.) Enter
comments for the version in the Check In dialog, then click OK.
This method is especially useful when using non-Adobe files, such as Microsoft Word files.
X
You can use Adobe Bridge to check in a file from an application that is not integrated with Adobe Drive
2.0 (assuming you have the file checked out):
Z
Start Adobe Bridge.
Z
Go to Bridge Preference -> Startup Scripts and make sure that “Adobe Drive” is selected.
Z
Open the file in its native application, make your changes, and save and close the file.
Z
In Adobe Bridge, select the file and click Check In.
Z
Enter comments for the version in the Check In dialog, then click OK.
Editing files checked out by another user
If someone is editing a managed file, Adobe Drive 2.0 changes the file’s status to Checked Out. When you
attempt to edit the file in an integrated application, Adobe Drive 2.0 informs you that the file is already
checked out and gives you the option to continue working with a copy of the file.
You can save your copy as a new version. Version Cue alerts all current users of the file about the presence
of a new version in the DAM Server and gives you the option of downloading the latest version or
continuing to edit your own copy.
To edit a file checked out by another user:
1.
Open the file.
2.
In the Checked Out By alert box, choose one of:
C
LOSE
:
Closes the file without any alterations.
C
ONTINUE
:
Keeps the file open so that you can work on a new copy).
