TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Create a TM6/TM7 Layout and Print Variant Using Duplicate Asset Structure
• Create a TM6/TM7 Layout Variant with New TM6/TM7 Story

Create a TM6/TM7 Layout and Print Variant Using Duplicate Asset Structure

1. Navigate to the TM5 Layout and click to Select.

2. Using the Server Action icon in the toolbar, select Duplicate Asset Structure
   
    
   
   
3. Choose TM6 or TM7 or both and click OK.
4. A dialog box will appear listing the asset to be duplicated; click OK
   
   
   
5. The Layout Variant is now visible nested under the TM5 Layout.
6. Click on the arrow next to the TM5 Print Variant to view the TM6/TM7 Print Variant.
   
   
   
7. Click on the TM6/TM7 Print Variant nested under the TM5 Print Variant and drag and drop it on the Story Asset. 
   • Select the Main Content relation.
     
     
8.  Drag and drop that same Print Variant and drop it on the Main Text asset nested in the Story asset.
   • Select the Variant with Update Flag relation
     
9. Right click on that same Print Variant nested under the TM5 Print Variant
   • Choose Remove Relations  Variant with Update Flag
   • The TM6/TM7 Print Variants will now be visible in the Saved searches
     
10. Locate the TM6/TM7 Layout Variant nested under the TM5 Layout.
11. Drag and drop the TM6/TM7 Layout Variant asset onto the TM6/TM7 issue
    • Select Assignment relation
      
      
12. Navigate back to the TM5 Layout and right click on the TM6/TM7 Layout Variant
    • Choose Remove Relations  Variant with update flag
      
      
      

TM6/TM7 Layout and Print Variants are now unrelated from the TM5 Issue, Layout and Print Variant.

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Create a TM6/TM7 Layout Variant with New TM6/TM7 Story

1. Navigate to the TM5 Layout and right click > Variants > Create variant without update flag
   
   
   
2. Select TM6 in Metadata Dialog box
   
   
   
3. TM6 Layout Variant will be created. Please note this will have EXACTLY THE SAME TM5 Print Variant Text placed on it as TM5 layout.
4. Next locate your new TM6 Story Asset and assign it to the TM6 Layout Variant. 
   
   

   
   

   
   
5. Create Print Variant Text of TM6 Main Text
   
   

   
   

6. Remove the TM5 Story assignment from the TM6 Layout Variant to tidy it up by right clicking on TM5 Story and Remove Relations > Assignment
   
   
   
   
   
7. Open the TM6 Layout Variant in InDesign
   
   
   
   
8. Select the TM5 Print Text variant in the InDesign Asset Query Panel and from the division-symbol icon in the tool bar select Detach Assets and click OK.
   
   

   
   

   
   
9. This will detach the TM5 Print Text Variant InCopy asset and remove the actual text from the page, but the text boxes will stay intact.   
   
   

   
   

   NOTE: You can also select "Dissolve assets." This has exactly the same effect as "Detach", except the text remains on the page and is editable directly in InDesign.

10. Downturn the triangle next to the TM6 Story asset to reveal the main text and the TM6 Print Text Variant
    
    
    
    

11. Drag the TM6 Print Text variant to the first text box to place. You are then ready to cut and paste into the other text boxes and style it.
    
    
    
12. Save InDesign Layout back into CPS by clicking on Save and Close icon in the Asset Query Panel toolbar.
13. To tidy up the structure:
    • Right click on the TM5 Print Variant Text 
    • Remove Relations  Assignment