Version Cue Alternates - Adobe GOLIVE CS2 User Manual

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Version Cue alternates

About Version Cue alternates
Version Cue makes it easy to manage variations of a design through the use of alternates. For example, you can create
alternates for variations of a design based on different versions or completely different photos for different editions
of a publication.
You can use alternates in several ways. For instance, if you make extensive changes to a file, it may make more sense
to save it as an alternate than a version. When you use alternates, your original file remains untouched and you're
free to continue your design work in a new direction. You can also create alternates for art you're planning to use in
different media, for example, a high-resolution alternate for print and a lower-resolution alternate for web use. Or,
you can make alternates from files with totally different content. For example, suppose you are creating an article
about fruit production. You might use a photo of an orange for the California edition, a photo of a banana for the
Florida edition, and a photo of an apple for the Washington edition. You can save each photo as an alternate.
You can access alternates from Bridge or directly from the Links palette in InCopy, InDesign, or Illustrator, making
it easy to present a variety of design ideas to clients and creative directors. Version Cue protects alternates the same
way as other assets. When you save an alternate, it appears as a separate file in its project, but Version Cue maintains
a relationship between the original file and any alternates you create.
Version Cue maintains relationships between alternates by creating alternates groups, which you can view together
in the Alternates dialog box. You can manually group files into an alternates group by using the Make Alternates
command. You create alternates from files in different folders by dragging them between Bridge windows. Using this
method you can add files from additional folders to the group as well. Thus, an alternates group can contain multiple
files from multiple folders. You can make an alternate the primary, or preferred, alternate in a group. The primary
alternate is designated by a special status icon, and its name is in bold in the Alternates View. In the Alternates dialog
box that appears in Adobe Creative Suite components and in InCopy (in the Links palette or Open dialog box), the
primary alternate appears at the top of the list in the Alternates dialog box.
You can change the primary alternate and remove alternates from the group by using Bridge or the Alternates dialog
box in Adobe Creative Suite components or in InCopy.
Note: Although you can create many alternates groups, a given file can be included in only one of these groups. Also,
alternates must be located within a single project. Alternates are not available in Acrobat 7.
Viewing alternates in Bridge