Dragging-and-Dropping Files into InDesign

With the Virtual Ticket Developer InDesign Plug-in installed, you can drag-and-drop images and text files from Virtual Ticket Developer or the Mac OS X Finder directly into an open Adobe InDesign document. When dragging-and-dropping files into Adobe InDesign, you can either specify an existing picture/text box or have the Plug-in create the picture/text box for you automatically.

Note: Since InDesign CS2 and CS3 natively support drag and drop, support for drag and drop is handled by the application instead of the Plug-in.

IMPORTANT! If other plug-ins with drag-and-drop capability are installed, you may get unpredictable results.

Dragging-and-dropping files into Adobe InDesign

1. Within Virtual Ticket Developer or the Mac OS X Finder, locate and select the image or text file you want to drag into the Adobe InDesign document.

2. To drop the file into an existing picture/text box, drag-and-drop the selected file onto a picture/text box within the open Adobe InDesign document.

3. To drop the file into a new picture/text box, drag-and-drop the file onto the open Adobe InDesign document. The Virtual Ticket Developer InDesign Plug-in will automatically create a new picture/text box and display the selected file within it.

4. To drag-and-drop multiple files simultaneously, select multiple files within Virtual Ticket Developer and drag them onto the Adobe InDesign document. If dropping the files into existing picture/text boxes, the files will be placed in the order in which you selected the boxes.

NOTE: If dragging-and-dropping from Virtual Ticket Developer, the image and text files must be accessible from the workstation from which you are performing the drag-and-drop process.