Comments on: Palettes to Toolbars and Vice Versa http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php Fans of the InCopy/InDesign workflow, unite! Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:26:30 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anne-Marie http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php/comment-page-1#comment-357 Anne-Marie Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:06:47 +0000 http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php#comment-357 Are you sure that's not just the palette dock acting like a dock? To get a palette out of the dock so that it floats in the window (allowing you to move it around), drag it from its title tab out onto the document window. OTOH if you know how the palette dock works and it's not working correctly, try rebuilding preferences, which tend to get damaged over time and then cause little bizarre problems in the program. To rebuild Prefs you can quit the program, then hold down the Command/Option/Shift/Control keys (Mac) or Control/Shift/Alt keys (Windows) while you start the program again. Keep the keys held down until you see the "Delete Preferences?" alert. Click the OK button and the program will rebuild the prefs while it finishes loading. Are you sure that’s not just the palette dock acting like a dock? To get a palette out of the dock so that it floats in the window (allowing you to move it around), drag it from its title tab out onto the document window.

OTOH if you know how the palette dock works and it’s not working correctly, try rebuilding preferences, which tend to get damaged over time and then cause little bizarre problems in the program.

To rebuild Prefs you can quit the program, then hold down the Command/Option/Shift/Control keys (Mac) or Control/Shift/Alt keys (Windows) while you start the program again. Keep the keys held down until you see the “Delete Preferences?” alert. Click the OK button and the program will rebuild the prefs while it finishes loading.

]]> By: Omar http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php/comment-page-1#comment-356 Omar Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:32:08 +0000 http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php#comment-356 Hi everybody, I'm encountering a strange problem with Incopy, as all the palettes of Incopy as aligned at the right of the window and I can't move or resize them, Has anybody encountered a similar problem? Thanks to all, Hi everybody,

I’m encountering a strange problem with Incopy, as all the palettes of Incopy as aligned at the right of the window and I can’t move or resize them,

Has anybody encountered a similar problem?

Thanks to all,

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php/comment-page-1#comment-7 Anne-Marie Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:48:38 +0000 http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php#comment-7 Hi Mark! You have the distinct honor of being the first commenter on the blog. Here, have some champagne ... ;-) When you're working with layouts and assignments (as opposed to opening native InCopy files -- .incx), the sort order of the styles can only be permanently changed by InDesign. So you need to ask your designers to please choose Sort by Name and then save their changes to the layout/update the assignment. In the meantime, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to that command in Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. You'll find it in the Product Area: Panel Menus section. That way, at least it's just a quick keystroke to sort them when you open the file, instead of rooting around the panel menu. Hi Mark! You have the distinct honor of being the first commenter on the blog. Here, have some champagne … ;-)

When you’re working with layouts and assignments (as opposed to opening native InCopy files — .incx), the sort order of the styles can only be permanently changed by InDesign.

So you need to ask your designers to please choose Sort by Name and then save their changes to the layout/update the assignment.

In the meantime, you can assign a keyboard shortcut to that command in Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts. You’ll find it in the Product Area: Panel Menus section. That way, at least it’s just a quick keystroke to sort them when you open the file, instead of rooting around the panel menu.

]]> By: Mark http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php/comment-page-1#comment-6 Mark Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:23:31 +0000 http://incopysecrets.com/palettes-to-toolbars-and-vice-versa.php#comment-6 Thanks for the helpful tips! I have a question about the paragraph styles palette. At the publishing company where I work, we use a plethora of both character and paragraph styles. When opening a file already loaded with the necessary styles in InCopy, they appear completely mixed up in the palettes and not in alphabetical order at all. Even when I select "Sort by Name", the next time I open the file, they are a mess again. InDesign does not do this, is there a way to correct this in a preference somewhere? Thanks for the helpful tips! I have a question about the paragraph styles palette. At the publishing company where I work, we use a plethora of both character and paragraph styles. When opening a file already loaded with the necessary styles in InCopy, they appear completely mixed up in the palettes and not in alphabetical order at all. Even when I select “Sort by Name”, the next time I open the file, they are a mess again. InDesign does not do this, is there a way to correct this in a preference somewhere?

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