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Chapter 04 Smart Connection for InDesignYour administrator might have added additional entryboxes, lists or tabs to any of the Smart Connectionworkflow dialog boxes. You might therefore be promptedto add much more information than is described in theworkflows in this User Guide. Figure 3.4b shows anexample of such a modified workflow dialog box, wherean additional tab called ‘Grouped tab’ has been addedcontaining many extra entry fields and lists.3.5 Layout Item Icons and CharactersWhen viewing a layout in Normal display mode (accessiblevia the View > Display Mode menu), items that are part ofthe Enterprise system can be recognized by various typesof icons and characters.Placed filesSmart Connection allows you to place files that are storedin the Enterprise system—such as articles, images andLayout Modules—on the layout. Smart Connection alsoallows you to convert any frame on the layout into anarticle or image and save it to the Enterprise system. Toindicate that these layout objects are stored in Enterprise,an additional icon is added to the top left corner of theirframe.Figure 3.5 A placed image can be recognizedby the chain icon in the top leftcorner of the frameTable 3.5 shows the types of icons used for the differenttypes of files:Figure 3.4b An example of any of the additional tabs, entryboxes and lists that can be added to a workflow dialog boxTable 3.5 Layout item iconsIcon Description File TypeSlashed pencilChainArticles (checked-in)Layout Modules, imagesWhen you check out an article, the slashed pencilicon will disappear to indicate the new state that thearticle is in; the text inside the frame is now editable.41