InCopySecrets

Working with a Mixed CS3 and CS4 Workflow

On October 14, 2008, Adobe released its CS4 versions of all of its Creative Suite software, including InCopy. And as they always do when they release a new version of the suite, they removed all previous versions from their store shelves at the same time. So if you're using an InDesign/InCopy ...

InCopy and InDesign CS4 Free Trials Available

Want to see if the InDesign/InCopy CS4 workflow will work for you? You can now download fully-enabled trial versions of each CS4 program from Adobe's web site. They're available for both Macintosh and Windows platforms, in English and other localized language versions. Inexplicably, InCopy CS4 is not a "featured product" on ...

Give a Little Air to the Editors

Here's an interesting tip I thought some of you could use. A few clients of mine have their designers routinely extend text frame depth into white space below (below the point where they actually prefer the text to end), sometimes into the pasteboard. Then they use ruler guides to show ...

Top Three New Features in InCopy CS4

With all the hoopla about the second coming the announcement of Adobe Creative Suite 4, you may be wondering ... hey, what about InCopy? Where's the press release? Where's the live webcast? It's part of the Creative Suite, isn't it? Well, yes and no. It's called "InCopy CS3" (or whatever version ...

And now, back to our regularly-scheduled program

Just wanted to post a quick note to you all, reassuring you that yes, InCopySecrets.com is still alive, and I'm starting up again with new posts— tips, workarounds, news, answers to user's questions, the whole shebang. My sincere apologies for neglecting this site in the past few months. Here's what I ...

Incompatible plug-ins

It's a bitter truth, but not all InDesign plug-ins are compatible with InCopy. Here's an example. Chris, a production manager at a catalog company, sent me an e-mail. He said that his company's art department uses InDesign CS3 to put together their catalogs, relying heavily on Meadows Publishing Solution's AutoPrice plug-in ...

Galley and Story View are Not Available

Lately, the InCopy forums at Adobe.com have been peppered with posts from different users quoting the same Alert dialog box, and asking why they're seeing it. The Alert box they're referring to is this one:

How Many Letters in a Word?

A production manager at a book publisher e-mailed me this question a couple weeks ago: How long of a word did Adobe use to determine the number of words in selected text frames? Here's a straightforward answer for you: They didn't. Each word, regardless of length, is counted as one word. (You ...

InCopy’s Hidden Dictionaries

InCopy's hyphenation and spell-checking routines are automatically set to the default language on your computer, such as US-English on most InCopy installs in the USA. Therefore, when you run a spell-check (or you turn on Dynamic Spelling from the Edit > Spelling flyout menu, as I've done here), foreign words ...

Add Any Diacritic Easily

Last month I was in New Mexico, teaching the InCopy/InDesign workflow to about 30 newspaper editors and designers, all on PCs. They were thrilled with the Glyphs panel (Text > Glyphs) because it's such a pain in Windows to enter special characters, especially funky letter/diacritic combinations. However, some of the letter/diacritic ...