Understanding when to use the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility


    You can perform many Version Cue tasks, such as creating and sharing projects, adding comments to a file, and creating file versions, within any of the following: Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe GoLive CS, Adobe Illustrator CS, Adobe InCopy CS, Adobe InDesign CS, and Adobe Photoshop CS. Using the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility, you can do some of these same tasks in addition to more advanced tasks that affect a specified project or an entire Version Cue workspace.

    The following table lists the Version Cue-related tasks you can do by using a Creative Suite application compared with those that you must do within the Version Cue Workspace Administration utility:

    What you can do

    Creative Suite applications

    Administration utility

    Create, edit, and delete Version Cue projects

    X

    X

    Share a project with anyone who is using Creative Suite, a Creative Suite application, or a WebDAV-enabled application

    X

    X

    Delete file versions

    X

    X

    Add files to an existing project

    X

    Create file versions

    X

    View file comments and other information

    X

    Search for files using file information (metadata)

    X

    Create Version Cue projects from remote files via FTP or WebDAV

    X

    Back up Version Cue projects and restore backup versions of a project

    X

    View the amount of disk space a project uses, its lock protection status, who created the project, and when it was created

    X

    Duplicate or export Version Cue projects

    X

    Edit Version Cue workspace preferences

    X

    Import Web Workgroup Server projects

    X

    Add and edit users, and define their project privileges

    X

    Change the properties of a Version Cue project to require users to log in before accessing it

    X

    View all users and their privileges for all projects in the Version Cue workspace

    X

    Remove all In Use locks in a project or those created by a specified user

    X

    View Version Cue workspace logs and reports

    X