Recovering contents of an external composition layout

If you lose an external composition layout (perhaps someone deleted it from your network), any Composition Zones items based on that composition layout will display as Missing in the Composition Zones pane of the Usage dialog box (Utilities menu). However, you still have access to the content, and you can create a new composition layout from any host layout that uses the missing composition layout. To recover the contents of a lost external composition layout:

  1. Display a layout with a Composition Zones item based on the missing composition layout.
  2. Choose File > Collaboration Setup.
  3. Click the Linked Layouts tab.
  4. Select the missing composition layout.
  5. Click Break Link. The composition layout is removed from the Linked Layouts tab, and a new composition layout is added to the Shared Layouts tab of the Collaboration Setup dialog box. Although this composition layout name looks the same in the Shared Content palette, it actually transforms into a new composition layout with Availability restricted to This Project Only. You can then place and edit the composition layout.

Recovering contents of an external composition layout