InCopy Essentials

Class Description

InCopy is a professional writing and editing program that integrates tightly with InDesign to deliver a complete solution for collaborative editorial workflow. It allows writers and editors to work on parts of pages, spreads, or entire documents in parallel with designers who are working in InDesign. In addition, it offers highly productive writing and editorial tools, bringing a new level of efficiency to your editorial process.

If you are a writer or editor working in a collaborative publishing environment, you can dramatically improve your efficiency by learning to use InCopy. This class outline focusses on the essential tools you need to become productive right away.

Class Objectives

Become familiar with InCopy's most commonly used tools and palettes.
Learn the most effective methods for formatting text.
Take advantage of InCopy's text automation capabilities.
Learn to effectively track edits and changes in a document.
Discover the most efficient ways to work with images.

Class Topics

InCopy Environment and Navigation

Managing palettes
Effectively navigate a document
Customizing your writing experience
Keyboard shortcuts and Preferences
Setting up Users

Document Basics

Creating a new document
Document Presets
Working with existing InCopy files
Working with Microsoft Word files
Viewing and embedding metadata

Text and Styles

Applying character and paragraph formatting to text
Working with Character, Paragraph, and Nested Styles
Tips and tricks for efficient text handling
Using Spell Check & Dynamic Spelling
Using Autocorrect
Using Find/Change efficiently
Automating text with Text Macros
Working with the Thesaurus
Calculating Copyfit
Working with Footnotes

Tracking Text Edits

Tracking text changes efficiently
Using the Change Info palette
Printing tracked changes
Communicating with notes

Working with Images and Tables

Placing, cropping, scaling, and resizing images
Creating and formatting tables