InCopy In-Depth

Class Description

This class is designed to take your InCopy skills to the next level by teaching you how to setup a collaborative editorial workflow. Whether you are a writer, editor, or designer, this class outline gives you everything you need to integrate InCopy and InDesign into your current workflow.

Class Objectives

Understand the InDesign/InCopy workflow.
Discover good workflow practices.
Learn to setup templates for an efficient workflow.
Learn what XML is and how to utilize it in an editorial workflow.

Class Topics

Understanding the Workflow

Understanding the LiveEdit Workflow Plug-ins
Understanding how InCopy and InDesign work together
Building a design-driven workflow
Building an editorial-driven workflow
Building a parallel workflow
Setting up a workflow that is optimized to your publication
Managing a workflow with Assignment files

Setting up InCopy & InDesign Templates

Explore templating strategies
Preparing an InDesign template to collaborate with InCopy
Preparing an InCopy template to collaborate with InDesign
Setting up Text Macros for repeating content
Preparing placeholder frames for repeating elements

Working with XML

What is XML?
Working in an XML publishing workflow
Manually and automatically applying tags
Viewing the XML structure
Managing XML tagged content
Exporting XML content

Working with Third-party Integrators

Become familiar with the current integration providers
Discover the benefit of working with third-party integration software