The theme of this HCD project is to envision collaborative experiences for designers and their stakeholders (clientele, reviewers etc.) in Adobe’s Indesign software

14. IndesignOn finishing the work, Sam shares the file with Jon and Max within Indesign.

15. Sam can send an email to his stakeholders through this dialog

16. Suggestions in Share Document Dialog

17. On entering email ID, stakeholder gets added to the invite list with assigned rights

18. Adding Multiple Users

19. Designer can decide whether the reviewer can comment or just view the file shared.

20. He also can set a deadline and reminder for the reviewer

21. “Receive Comments Privately” will allow the collaborators to keep their discussions private

22. Email successfully sent!

23. Sam can also choose to copy link from Indesign and share it with the reviewers

24. Similar to the previous approach designer can set preferences to the visitor

25. On receiving the file from Sam, Jon gets a notification on his desktop

26. Jon clicks on the review button

27. …and is redirected to default browser… He is asked to log in

28. Since Jon is using the service for the first time, he gets a quick onboarding

29. Logging in, Jon gets access to the document shared but Sam

30. Jon gives his comments on the document. (Additional options: Replace Text, Highlight Text, Delete Text etc)

31. Reviewer commenting on the file

32. Jon also can add a sticky note to a certain section

33. Jon can position the note according to the need and add comment related to it

34. Adding comments

35. Adding comments

36. Another mode for the reviewer is the drawing mode

37. Enabling this mode will give a virtual marker for the reviewer

38. …which helps him to quickly sketch a certain area out

39. …and that portion will be detected

40. …to which the comment can be assigned

41. Once the stakeholder has reviewed it, he can click on “I’m Finished” button which will send a notification to the designer

42. Max, on the other end, is reviewing this file on his mobile device

43. Clicking on the link will open the app

44. Max will also come across a quick on boarding since it is his first log in

45. On providing login credentials…

46. …he will then be able to access the document

47. He can access all the comments shared by Jon and Sam

48. Max has an option to reply or add his own comments

49. He can @ mention a particular team member. (Reviewers on desktop can also use the same functionality)

50. Sam receives a notification in Adobe Creative Cloud Manager

51. He launches Indesign and then clicks on Sync comments to get access to the comments in Indesign

52. Sam gets access to all the comments by reviewers. He has all the functionalities from web commenting and can add or reply

53. On the top of the panel he can see the number of reviewers and their status. He can also add or remove people from the “Manage Group” Dialog

54. Sam can filter these comments on the basis of hashtags, names or versions

55. Designer can resolve or delete any comments on the list

56. Clicking on a certain comment will highlight that particular change suggested by the reviewer

57. Clicking on a comment highlights the appropriate section

58. Sticky note comment by Jon

59. For “Delete Text” or “Replace Text”, Sam can accept or reject these changes and it will automatically update it without any manual work

60. On incorporating changes, Sam can again share this file

61. …or choose to update or create a new link