Release Notes for Assets for InDesign – Home

The Release Notes for Assets for InDesign contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues and upgrade instructions for each release of WoodWing Assets for InDesign.

The versions are sorted by version number in descending order. Use the Navigation block to the right of the page to quickly navigate to the information of a released version, or filter the article by version to only show that version.

Filter by version:

Assets for InDesign 4.6.3

Assets for InDesign version 4.6.3 build 1021

Shipped with Assets Server 6.92

Release date: 31 January 2023

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-856 Placed articles and images on a layout archived in Assets Server cannot be restored when the 'embedMetadataInOriginal' option is disabled on that Assets Server.

Note: This fix also requires Studio for InDesign version 17.0.4 for Adobe 2022 (fixed issue EN-95740).

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Assets for InDesign.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.92. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.6.2

Assets for InDesign version 4.6.2 build 1019

Shipped with Assets Server 6.91

Release date: 12 January 2023

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-855 When dropping a file on a location above a text frame in InDesign 2023, a .json text file is placed instead.

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Assets for InDesign.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.91. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.6.1

Assets for InDesign version 4.6.1 build 100

Shipped with Assets Server 6.88

Release date: 1 November 2022

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe 2023 has been added. Assets for InDesign 4.6 can be used with Adobe versions 2020 to 2023. For full details, see the Compatibility Matrix.

Changes

The following changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe CC 2019 has been removed. Assets for InDesign 4.6 is not supported for Adobe CC 2019.

Fixed issues

No issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Assets for InDesign.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.88. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Compatibility of Assets for InDesign - updated

Assets for InDesign 4.5.1

Assets for InDesign version 4.5.1 build 966

Shipped with Assets Server 6.85

Release date: 23 August 2022

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Placing files from Assets Server: additional fix for placing files with long path references on Windows. When placing a file by dragging it from Assets onto a layout in InDesign, the file is stored on the local system. Assets for InDesign then uses the path to the file as a reference.

On Windows, when this path reference exceeds the limit of 260 characters, the file cannot be placed and an error is shown.

Previous versions of Assets for InDesign already contained fixes for this, but an additional fix has now been added. In it, the length of the file name is now also shortened when the placed file is stored locally to ensure that the path reference does not exceed the Windows limitation.

In certain scenarios, this can result in behavior that is different compared to earlier versions. This is described in Placing files with a long file name on a layout in Windows using Assets for InDesign.

Super users can now be allowed to perform an Abort check out action on layouts. When a user checks out a layout for editing in InDesign by using the 'Open in InDesign' command in Assets, the layout can only be made available again in Assets by closing it in InDesign by the same user. This presents problems when the layout is needed by other users but the user who checked out the layout forgets to check in the layout, or that user is absent.

To make the layout available again, users with the role of super user can now be allowed to perform an Abort check out action on the layout from within Assets. This can be done by setting the following option to true in the cluster-config.properties.txt file of Assets Server:

Note: This requires Assets Server 6.85 or higher.

allowSuperusersToAbortCheckoutLayouts=true

When set, the Abort Check-out command in the context menu of the checked out file becomes available for these users.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-826 Images with a long file name cannot be placed on Windows.

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Assets for InDesign.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.85. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Assets for InDesign 4.5.0

Assets for InDesign version 4.5.0 build 944

Shipped with Assets Server 6.73

Release date: 26 October 2021

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe 2022. Assets for InDesign 4.5.0 is designed for use with InDesign 2022.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe CC 2018 dropped. Assets for InDesign version 4.5.x is not supported in InDesign CC 2018.

Plug-ins: change in name and location. When using Assets for InDesign 4.5.x in InDesign 2022, the plug-ins are now named 'Assets' and 'AssetsUI' and are installed in the ‘WoodWing’ folder in the ‘Plug-ins’ folder of InDesign.
When using Assets for InDesign 4.5.x in InDesign 2021, 2020, or CC 2019, the plug-ins are named 'Elvis' and 'ElvisUI' and are installed in the ‘Elvis’ folder in the ‘Plug-ins’ folder of InDesign.

Fixed issues

No issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Assets for InDesign.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.73. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Compatibility of Assets for InDesign - updated
Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign - updated

Assets for InDesign 4.4.3

Assets for InDesign version 4.4.3 build 915

Shipped with Assets Server 6.69

Release date: 3 August 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Message shown when closing a layout while images are still open for editing. When closing a layout while a placed image is still open for editing, the image is still marked as checked-out in Assets. The image then needs to be manually checked-in, but this can be easily forgotten. To make users aware of this and to indicate the possible steps, a message is now shown.

The message shown when closing a layout while images are still open for editing

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-795 Users are not informed when a layout is closed while images are still open for editing.

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.68. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.4.2

Assets for InDesign version 4.4.2 build 912

Shipped with Assets Server 6.68

Release date: 13 July 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-794 Unable to place multi-page PDF files from Assets.

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.68. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.4.1

Assets for InDesign version 4.4.1 build 910

Shipped with Assets Server 6.67

Release date: 22 June 2021

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe 2021.3. Assets for InDesign 4.4.1 is designed for use with InDesign 2021.3 (version 16.3.0). This version of InDesign adds native support for Apple M1 (Silicon).

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-460 Unable to place images with a long file name.

LVSID-621 Unable to place images with a long file name (Windows only).

LVSID-772 All linked or placed images are requested when a PDF with only a single page is created.

LVSID-774 'No matching link could be found' message when relinking placed images that have a special character in the file name.

LVSID-776 Unable to place images with a long file name (Windows only).

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.67. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Compatibility of Assets for InDesign - updated

Assets for InDesign 4.3.3

Assets for InDesign version 4.3.3 build 861

Shipped with Assets Server 6.62.885

Release date: 9 March 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-770 Unable to install Assets InDesign Server Plug-ins on macOS for Adobe InDesign Server 2020 or 2021.

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.62. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.3.2

Assets for InDesign version 4.3.2 build 860

Shipped with Assets Server 6.61.868

Release date: 16 February 2021

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-744 InDesign crashes after clicking Cancel when entering the URL for WoodWing Assets Server.

LVSID-762 When replacing multiple occurrences of an image, the image is not added to Studio Server.

LVSID-767 Images relinked via WoodWing Assets > Relink All Files are not added to Studio Server.

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.61. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.3.0

Assets for InDesign version 4.3.0 build 857

Shipped with Assets Server 6.59.1.837

Release date: 5 January 2021

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Scripting. It is now possible to set the preferences for Assets for InDesign via scripting by using the following properties:
assetsPreferences
useFileCache
maxFileCacheSize
removeFileFromCacheAfter
autoRelinkToAssetsWhenOpening
relinkBasedOnInstanceID
doAutoLogIn

For more information, see Scripting events for Assets for InDesign.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Preferences: The option 'Clear cache after (days)' has been renamed to 'Remove a file after (days)' to make it clearer that files are removed after the defined number of days starting from the moment they have been added.

Fixed issues

No issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.59. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Managing cached files in Assets for InDesign - updated
Scripting events for Assets for InDesign - updated

Assets for InDesign 4.2.3

Assets for InDesign version 4.2.3 build 853

Shipped with Assets Server 6.58.1.831

Release date: 16 December 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

No changes have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-754 InDesign 2021: High-resolution files are not downloaded when opening a layout.

LVSID-755 InDesign 2021: Generating a PDF from a layout takes a long time.

Known issues

The following known issues exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.
Opening a layout: InDesign 2021: When opening a layout from Assets for the first time, a 'Missing links' message is incorrectly shown.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.59. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Assets for InDesign 4.2.1

Assets for InDesign version 4.2.1 build 850

Shipped with Assets Server 6.56.1.812

Release date: 3 November 2020

New features

The following has been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe InDesign 2021. Assets for InDesign can now also be used with InDesign 2021.

For information about other supported versions, see the Compatibility Matrix.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Support for Adobe InDesign CC 2017. Support for using Assets for InDesign with Adobe InDesign CC 2017 has been removed.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-742 Image is incorrectly flagged as outdated for a user when it has been updated in the layout by another user.

Known issues

The following known issue exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.56. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Compatibility of Assets for InDesign - updated

Assets for InDesign 4.1.0

Assets for InDesign version 4.1.0 build 838

Shipped with Assets Server 6.49.1.266

Release date: 10 June 2020

New features

The following features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Adding multiple references to Assets Server to log in to. It is now possible to create references to multiple instances of Assets Server. This makes it possible to choose the server to log in to from the Log In dialog when manually logging in. Creating and managing these references is done in the preferences:

InDesign Preferences > WoodWing Assets > WoodWing Assets Server URL

Using the preference, the following can be done:

Add references to different instances of Assets Server.
Update existing references.
Rearrange references by dragging them up or down.
Delete a reference.

The references are stored in a list which can be distributed to other machines.

For more information, see Configuring Assets Server references in Assets for InDesign.

Logging in: controlling if Assets for InDesign should log in to Assets Server. Before starting working with Assets for InDesign, users need to log in to Assets Server on which the files are stored that they want to work with. When InDesign is started or a local document is opened, users are therefore asked to log in to Assets Server.

However, when working on layouts that do not contain images that are stored in Assets Server, logging in is not required and the steps for logging in might get in the way. Controlling if Assets for InDesign should log in to Assets Server can now be done through the following preference:

InDesign Preferences > WoodWing Assets > Log In > Log In when Launching InDesign or Opening a Local Document

By default the preference is enabled. Each time InDesign is started or a local document is opened, Assets for InDesign starts the log-in process.

To prevent this from happening, disable the preference.

For more information, see Controlling if Assets for InDesign should log in to Assets Server.

Placing files: replacing multiple occurrences of a placed file with another file. When a file is placed on a layout, there may come a time when it needs to be replaced by another file. This can simply be done by dropping another file onto it and/or using the place gun. When this is done for a file that is placed multiple times on the layout, Assets for InDesign will now detect this and will offer you the option to update all occurrences of that file with the new file.

Changes

The following change has been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Performance. Improvements have been made to the process of opening InDesign documents from Assets.

Fixed issues

The following issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign:

LVSID-616 Unable to choose from multiple servers in the Log In dialog.

LVSID-688 Update multiple occurrences of a placed file with one other file.

LVSID-650 No Log In dialog should appear when working on layouts with no files placed from Assets.

Known issues

The following known issue exists for this release of Assets for InDesign:

Working with files stored in Studio: Frames for a Planned image that is placed multiple times are not updated when placing a database image into them.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.49. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Installation

For information about installing Assets for InDesign, see:

For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Documentation

The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Assets for InDesign:

Configuring Assets Server references in Assets for InDesign - new
Controlling if Assets for InDesign should log in to Assets Server - new
Placing files on a layout using Assets for InDesign - updated
Assets for InDesign Quick Start - updated

Assets for InDesign 4.0.0

Assets for InDesign version 4.0.0 build 824

Shipped with Assets Server 6.48.1.696

Release date: 19 May 2020

New features

No features have been added in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Changes

Assets for InDesign 4.0.0 is based on the Elvis InDesign client 3.7.6 and is technically the same. Apart from re-branding it by changing logos and product name references at various places, no changes have been made.

Fixed issues

No issues have been fixed in this release of Assets for InDesign.

Known issues

No known issues exist for this release of Assets for InDesign.

Downloads

The installer for this release of Assets for InDesign is part of Assets Server 6.48. For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Upgrading

When installing Assets for InDesign on a system on which Elvis for InDesign is already installed, it is advised to first uninstall Elvis for InDesign. Both products are technically the same and it can be confusing to have both installed simultaneously.

For details, see Installing or uninstalling Assets for InDesign.

Documentation

Documentation for Assets for InDesign is available on Help Center:

Note: Some screenshots in the product documentation may still show Elvis for InDesign. This will be updated over the coming weeks.

Versions 3.3 or lower

For versions 3.3 or lower, see the Elvis 6 Release Notes.