Indesign cc and incopy cs6 - compatibility

if i update to indesign cc, will i still have full compatibility with existing incopy cs6 editors/users?

Ah right, yes, good point. We never use that method, only assignments. I Guess an INDD file would be another story indeed! Will test. But hey, never open an INDD, to big, use assigments always! ;-)

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