.indt vs. .indd

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Other than the extension on the file name, what is the difference between saving a document as a .indt compared to a regular .indd doc?

Pros and Cons please.

TIA

[unknown]

INDT is a template and will always open as untitled.

Bob

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Is that it?

[G***@adobeforums.com]

Oh that explains that tremor I felt. I thought that was another earthquake - I'm in California.

Ok, thanks for answering that one. I thought there might be something really different between the two. I didn't know if I should save some of my documents as templates because I thought it might make some things un-editable.

[S***@adobeforums.com]

You may feel a slight tremor when you open an INDT file--it's just the shift in the time/space continuum that occurs when a file opens in template mode.

[A***@adobeforums.com]

It just keeps you from overwriting your original file -- as I have been known to do.
AG

[G***@adobeforums.com]

If you need to make a change to your .indt file, use the "Open" menu item to select the file, then select "Open Original" instead of "Open Copy".

This is NOT retroactive, however. Any docs you have based off of this template file will NOT be changed to reflect any changes you make. ( I actually ran into somebody (a heavy MS Word user) that thought this would happen.)

[S***@adobeforums.com]

Just for the record --

In Word, when you modify a template, it affects new documents. The content of existing documents is not affected by changes to the template.

IOW, if I have a letterhead template with text typed at the top of page 1 and change that text, opening a document based on that template will not change the text in the document.

Word will update modified styles when you open an existing document if the "automatically update document styles" option in the "Templates and Add-Ins" dialog is checked.

[G***@adobeforums.com]

What about the links?

When you have a file saved as a template, where are all the links?

[J***@adobeforums.com]

You opened a template didn't you? See, Scott was right about that shift in
the time/space continuum. (original thread 7/16, previous message 8/20)

-John O

[John Mensinger]

Post by G***@adobeforums.com
When you have a file saved as a template, where are all the links?

Where ever they were when you placed them...just like .indd.

[G***@adobeforums.com]

original thread 7/16, previous message 8/20




8o

Where am I?

[G***@adobeforums.com]

I found it weird that I opened other publications and I get the error message that says the links are missing yada yada yada. Then I open a template with 46 links in it and there is absolutely no problems whatsoever.

I know that missing links error is due to a change in the directory structure. So it made me wonder if the links are somehow locked to the templates or something.