Work with your Adobe product
The following sections explain how to enable the Sitecore Content Hub extension and navigate the connector's interface.
Enable the Content Hub extension
- Make sure that pop-ups are enabled in your browser.
To enable the Content Hub extension:
- Open your desired Adobe product.
- Click the Window menu.
- Select Extensions, and then Sitecore Content Hub.
- In the Content Hub dialog, in the Content Hub URL field, enter your Content Hub URL and click Login. If you are not already logged into your Content Hub instance, you will be prompted to do so.
- Click Grant to give access to Content Hub. After the authorization completes successfully, you are returned to Adobe Illustrator, where the Sitecore Content Hub dialog opens on the Assets tab.
Assets use low-resolution renditions by default. To enable high-resolution renditions, go to the Links panel in your Adobe product and, under Panel options, ensure the Marketing Content Hub check boxes are selected.
The Sitecore Content Hub dialog
The Sitecore Content Hub dialog inside your Adobe product has four tabs:
The Assets tab shows your approved assets in Content Hub DAM. It lets you:
- Do a full-text search.
- Search by asset type and asset media (only if there are available assets).
- See a page count and the number of assets displayed per page.
- Sort or reverse sort by Date created and Date modified.
You can perform the following actions:
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
 | Place the asset in your open document. |
 | Drag the asset to your open document. |
 | Check out the asset (this opens into a new document). |
 | Check the asset back out into Content Hub. |
 | Discard the asset checkout. |
 | Submit the asset for approval (if you can't see this icon, then the asset has already been submitted for approval). |
You can also preview any asset by clicking it. The preview will open in a new window.
This tab shows all the jobs you are assigned to. It lets you:
- Use job assets in a document.
- Check out assets.
You cannot open or complete a job from this tab.
This tab shows assets that are:
- Created but not submitted for approval yet. These assets have a NEW label.
- Submitted for approval. These assets have an IN REVIEW label.
This tab shows the assets that you checked out to your preferred Adobe product. After they are checked out, assets are locked in Content Hub so that no one can modify them while you are working.
Assets will show in this tab only if the file format is supported by your Adobe product.
Work with Adobe InDesign
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing and typesetting software used to create posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, ebooks, and so on.
To be processed by the Sitecore Content Hub extension, InDesign files must include embedded preview data. To embed previews, open the InDesign Preferences dialog and, on the File Handling tab, select the Always Save Preview images with Documents check box.
The following table outlines some hints for effectively working with Content Hub assets in Adobe InDesign:
| Hint | Description |
|---|---|
| Inserting assets from Content Hub | The asset object in your InDesign document uses the asset's public link in Content Hub. If the asset changes in Content Hub, InDesign will let you know with a warning in the Links window. To update your asset, double-click the link. |
| Local links | If you used an image from your local hard drive in your InDesign document, Content Hub will ask if you want to upload the local image as an asset. Click Upload if you do. |
| Children assets | You can find the assets included in your Adobe InDesign document on Content Hub, by accessing the details page of your document and checking the Children field under the System tab. |
| Linked assets | In Content Hub, you can add a Linked Assets tab component on asset details pages that shows when assets are used in an InDesign document. You can access each linked asset from there with a simple click. |