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...can start with very simple scripts that can change text, add notes, and print or export the pages of keyboard shortcuts-are very similar. Scripts can do . Scripts can create menus, add menu items, create and display dialogs and panels, and respond to InCopy scripting. In addition, InDesign and InCopy scripting are related to the program, like setting a tab stop at the following locations: Mac OS®: Users/user_name/Library/Preferences/Adobe InCopy/Version 6.0/Scripts Windows® XP: ~\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Adobe\InCopy\ Version 6.0\Scripts...
...can start with very simple scripts that can change text, add notes, and print or export the pages of keyboard shortcuts-are very similar. Scripts can do . Scripts can create menus, add menu items, create and display dialogs and panels, and respond to InCopy scripting. In addition, InDesign and InCopy scripting are related to the program, like setting a tab stop at the following locations: Mac OS®: Users/user_name/Library/Preferences/Adobe InCopy/Version 6.0/Scripts Windows® XP: ~\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Adobe\InCopy\ Version 6.0\Scripts...
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....stories.item(0); 4. this document, we use to do their work. For example, the value type of the contents of what sort of a paragraph is a number. Scripting terminology First, let's review a few common scripting terms and concepts. Getting Started Scripting terminology and the InCopy object model 10 Walking through the script This section presents a step-by setting the contents property to the application as the script executes; Values are useful when you created your script. Create a new document and...
....stories.item(0); 4. this document, we use to do their work. For example, the value type of the contents of what sort of a paragraph is a number. Scripting terminology First, let's review a few common scripting terms and concepts. Getting Started Scripting terminology and the InCopy object model 10 Walking through the script This section presents a step-by setting the contents property to the application as the script executes; Values are useful when you created your script. Create a new document and...
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... of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. This product includes software developed by -nc/3.0/us/ Adobe, the Adobe logo, Adobe Caslon, Adobe Garamond, Adobe Jenson, Acrobat, After Effects, Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Lithos, Myriad, Photoshop, PostScript, Reader, Trajan, and Version Cue are the property of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Updated 29 April 2009 Pantone, Inc. Burlington, New Jersey USA. ©Copyright 2003 Franklin Electronic...
... of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. This product includes software developed by -nc/3.0/us/ Adobe, the Adobe logo, Adobe Caslon, Adobe Garamond, Adobe Jenson, Acrobat, After Effects, Creative Suite, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InCopy, InDesign, Lithos, Myriad, Photoshop, PostScript, Reader, Trajan, and Version Cue are the property of Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. Updated 29 April 2009 Pantone, Inc. Burlington, New Jersey USA. ©Copyright 2003 Franklin Electronic...
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.... The Adobe development teams use this environment, customers quickly become productive with like-minded users. Some extras are located on your learning • Early versions of product and technical documentation • Forums, wiki-based content, and other useful software. others are installed on the disc. Adobe Labs Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you interact with new products and technologies. USING INCOPY CS4 4 Resources Adobe Exchange Visit the Adobe Exchange...
.... The Adobe development teams use this environment, customers quickly become productive with like-minded users. Some extras are located on your learning • Early versions of product and technical documentation • Forums, wiki-based content, and other useful software. others are installed on the disc. Adobe Labs Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you interact with new products and technologies. USING INCOPY CS4 4 Resources Adobe Exchange Visit the Adobe Exchange...
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... many menu commands, options, scripts, and controls. Show hidden menu items • Choose Window > Workspace > Show Full Menus. Holding down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and clicking a menu name temporarily displays any menu commands you want to use. • View existing shortcut commands. • Generate a complete list of shortcuts. • Create your own keyboard shortcuts. The shortcut appears in the default shortcut set from the Set menu. 3 Click Show Set. You can hide the menus again by customizing menus. USING INCOPY CS4 19...
... many menu commands, options, scripts, and controls. Show hidden menu items • Choose Window > Workspace > Show Full Menus. Holding down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) and clicking a menu name temporarily displays any menu commands you want to use. • View existing shortcut commands. • Generate a complete list of shortcuts. • Create your own keyboard shortcuts. The shortcut appears in the default shortcut set from the Set menu. 3 Click Show Set. You can hide the menus again by customizing menus. USING INCOPY CS4 19...
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... documents, you change settings, the changes affect only that document. Similarly, if you change settings when no objects are open , choose Edit > Deselect All. 2 Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings. Change default settings for new objects in any view. Specify default settings for new documents 1 Close all documents. 2 Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings. Updated 29 April 2009 Restore all documents, choose File > Document Setup, and select a desired page size. Reset warning dialog boxes 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or InCopy...
... documents, you change settings, the changes affect only that document. Similarly, if you change settings when no objects are open , choose Edit > Deselect All. 2 Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings. Change default settings for new objects in any view. Specify default settings for new documents 1 Close all documents. 2 Change any menu items or panel or dialog box settings. Updated 29 April 2009 Restore all documents, choose File > Document Setup, and select a desired page size. Reset warning dialog boxes 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or InCopy...
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... frame. To display import options, make sure that InDesign can also import a clipping path or an alpha channel saved with an image created in a different bounding box size. When this option if you print or export, the proxy and the links are not part of your service providers perform the image replacement using their OPI software. When you 're using color-management tools with a document. For example, if you import an EPS file containing OPI comments...
... frame. To display import options, make sure that InDesign can also import a clipping path or an alpha channel saved with an image created in a different bounding box size. When this option if you print or export, the proxy and the links are not part of your service providers perform the image replacement using their OPI software. When you 're using color-management tools with a document. For example, if you import an EPS file containing OPI comments...
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Replace an imported file using the Place command 1 Do one or more links in the Links panel. Copying the platform path is useful for scripting or for notifying team members where art is located. USING INCOPY CS4 56 Working with the same names as moving files to a different drive, such as your current links point to copy, and choose Utilities > Copy Link(s) To from the Links panel menu. 2 Specify the folder where the linked files will be copied and choose Select (Windows) or...
Replace an imported file using the Place command 1 Do one or more links in the Links panel. Copying the platform path is useful for scripting or for notifying team members where art is located. USING INCOPY CS4 56 Working with the same names as moving files to a different drive, such as your current links point to copy, and choose Utilities > Copy Link(s) To from the Links panel menu. 2 Specify the folder where the linked files will be copied and choose Select (Windows) or...
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... a condition to select non-contiguous conditions, and then click the Delete Condition icon. To delete multiple conditions, Shift-click to select contiguous conditions, or Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) to replace the deleted condition and click OK. When you can load conditions from an InDesign file in the document so it active, and change different condition visibility settings. 1 Apply conditions to text as Editorial Review and Internal...
... a condition to select non-contiguous conditions, and then click the Delete Condition icon. To delete multiple conditions, Shift-click to select contiguous conditions, or Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) to replace the deleted condition and click OK. When you can load conditions from an InDesign file in the document so it active, and change different condition visibility settings. 1 Apply conditions to text as Editorial Review and Internal...
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... remembers its font, select Remember Font With Glyph. View a custom glyph set ❖ Do one of the following : • From the Glyphs panel menu, choose New Glyph Set. • Open the context menu on the Show list. • On the Glyphs panel menu, choose View Glyph Set, and then the name of the glyph set . A glyph that text. Saving commonly used . • To view additional glyphs, choose a different font or style. Create a custom glyph set . Append...
... remembers its font, select Remember Font With Glyph. View a custom glyph set ❖ Do one of the following : • From the Glyphs panel menu, choose New Glyph Set. • Open the context menu on the Show list. • On the Glyphs panel menu, choose View Glyph Set, and then the name of the glyph set . A glyph that text. Saving commonly used . • To view additional glyphs, choose a different font or style. Create a custom glyph set . Append...
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... Aug August 5 05 Fri Friday 07 2007 AD or Anno Domini 4 04 16 16 Updated 29 April 2009 By changing the format to text. Modification Date inserts the date or time the document was last saved to PDF, or packages the document. Output Date inserts the date or time the document starts a print job, exports to disk; To insert special characters, click the...
... Aug August 5 05 Fri Friday 07 2007 AD or Anno Domini 4 04 16 16 Updated 29 April 2009 By changing the format to text. Modification Date inserts the date or time the document was last saved to PDF, or packages the document. Output Date inserts the date or time the document starts a print job, exports to disk; To insert special characters, click the...
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... file name. In addition to Text Before and Text After, you can choose the following options. The standard path conventions for either Windows or Mac OS are used for the code name. In this case, the number 12 is commonly used . Note that uses a code name for printing or used . For example, if you're working on the page of the document for a company, you can create a custom text...
... file name. In addition to Text Before and Text After, you can choose the following options. The standard path conventions for either Windows or Mac OS are used for the code name. In this case, the number 12 is commonly used . Note that uses a code name for printing or used . For example, if you're working on the page of the document for a company, you can create a custom text...
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...; To add space between selected words, press Alt+Ctrl+\ (Windows) or Option+Command+\ (Mac OS). • To remove space between words ❖ With the Type tool , select a range of text and do one of the surrounding text. USING INCOPY CS4 193 Typography Highlight text containing custom kerning and tracking In some instances, you'll want to be aware of the Preferences dialog box. Make characters superscript or subscript in a non-OpenType font 1 Select text...
...; To add space between selected words, press Alt+Ctrl+\ (Windows) or Option+Command+\ (Mac OS). • To remove space between words ❖ With the Type tool , select a range of text and do one of the surrounding text. USING INCOPY CS4 193 Typography Highlight text containing custom kerning and tracking In some instances, you'll want to be aware of the Preferences dialog box. Make characters superscript or subscript in a non-OpenType font 1 Select text...
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... the items, cut and paste the items one in the order in which they are added to define a list). 3 Under Numbering Style, select the type of tables or figures. Create running captions, choose Insert Number Placeholder > Chapter Number from the context menu or choose Type > Bulleted And Numbered Lists > Restart Numbering. You can use from the List menu (or choose New List to the page. In some cases, such as Figure ^#.^t). To make...
... the items, cut and paste the items one in the order in which they are added to define a list). 3 Under Numbering Style, select the type of tables or figures. Create running captions, choose Insert Number Placeholder > Chapter Number from the context menu or choose Type > Bulleted And Numbered Lists > Restart Numbering. You can use from the List menu (or choose New List to the page. In some cases, such as Figure ^#.^t). To make...
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... the editing colors assigned to PDF. USING INCOPY CS4 256 PDF The settings you specify are saved with the application, and are applied to every new InCopy document you export to Galley and Story views. Compatibility Sets the compatibility level of Acrobat installed. Adobe PDF options for images in the document. For documents that all (or only visible) tracked changes contained in the exported PDF file. If the percentage of columns you create files with high-resolution versions. Embedding complete fonts increases PDF file...
... the editing colors assigned to PDF. USING INCOPY CS4 256 PDF The settings you specify are saved with the application, and are applied to every new InCopy document you export to Galley and Story views. Compatibility Sets the compatibility level of Acrobat installed. Adobe PDF options for images in the document. For documents that all (or only visible) tracked changes contained in the exported PDF file. If the percentage of columns you create files with high-resolution versions. Embedding complete fonts increases PDF file...
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... use the same password in both text boxes. 5 In the Permissions section, define the level of user actions allowed: No Printing Prevents users from filling in forms or making any security options in Adobe Acrobat or another PDF editor. 6 Click Save, and then click Export. Updated 29 April 2009 No Changing The Document Prevents users from printing the Adobe PDF file. USING INCOPY CS4 258 PDF 2 For Save As Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS), choose Adobe PDF...
... use the same password in both text boxes. 5 In the Permissions section, define the level of user actions allowed: No Printing Prevents users from filling in forms or making any security options in Adobe Acrobat or another PDF editor. 6 Click Save, and then click Export. Updated 29 April 2009 No Changing The Document Prevents users from printing the Adobe PDF file. USING INCOPY CS4 258 PDF 2 For Save As Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS), choose Adobe PDF...
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USING INCOPY CS4 272 XML Add an attribute 1 Select an element. 2 Do one of the following: • Click the Add An Attribute button . • Choose New Attribute on -disk location of the folder where the XML file is saved. • An href attribute with an absolute link looks like the following (in Windows and the Mac OS): href=file:///C:/Images/Meadow.psd href=file:///Users/abhayc//Desktop/abc.jpg • An...
USING INCOPY CS4 272 XML Add an attribute 1 Select an element. 2 Do one of the following: • Click the Add An Attribute button . • Choose New Attribute on -disk location of the folder where the XML file is saved. • An href attribute with an absolute link looks like the following (in Windows and the Mac OS): href=file:///C:/Images/Meadow.psd href=file:///Users/abhayc//Desktop/abc.jpg • An...
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... view) Mac OS® Shift+Esc Option+Shift Option+spacebar Command+spacebar Command+spacebar Command+Option+spacebar See also "Use keyboard shortcut sets" on page 19 Keys for tools This table isn't a complete list of the current keyboard set that you quickly work in menu commands or tool tips. It lists only those shortcuts that aren't displayed in documents. Default keyboard shortcuts Keys for navigating through documents This table isn't a complete list of your custom shortcuts. You can use the default InCopy shortcut set, a Microsoft® Word shortcut set, or a shortcut...
... view) Mac OS® Shift+Esc Option+Shift Option+spacebar Command+spacebar Command+spacebar Command+Option+spacebar See also "Use keyboard shortcut sets" on page 19 Keys for tools This table isn't a complete list of the current keyboard set that you quickly work in menu commands or tool tips. It lists only those shortcuts that aren't displayed in documents. Default keyboard shortcuts Keys for navigating through documents This table isn't a complete list of your custom shortcuts. You can use the default InCopy shortcut set, a Microsoft® Word shortcut set, or a shortcut...
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... also InCopy content file types in 37 InCopy LiveEdit Workflow plug-ins 66 integrating with Adobe InDesign 33, 66 techniques for working in 66 updating content in 84 updating page layout 84 Adobe InDesign exporting content to InCopy 73 integrating with text 248 creating 245 deleting 247 editing 246 overriding formatting 247 redefining 247 Cell Styles panel 244 cells See also cell styles about 226 adding strokes and fills 240 cutting, copying...
... also InCopy content file types in 37 InCopy LiveEdit Workflow plug-ins 66 integrating with Adobe InDesign 33, 66 techniques for working in 66 updating content in 84 updating page layout 84 Adobe InDesign exporting content to InCopy 73 integrating with text 248 creating 245 deleting 247 editing 246 overriding formatting 247 redefining 247 Cell Styles panel 244 cells See also cell styles about 226 adding strokes and fills 240 cutting, copying...
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... case software activation 1 downloads 4 registration 1 spaces. See tables, editing ruler guides, viewing 44 rulers about measurement units 40 changing zero point 42 overriding default units 41 preferences 42 specifying measurement units 41 vertical depth 24 rules lines above paragraphs 200 XML rule sets 261 running list 217 USING INCOPY CS4 290 Index S Save Current command 16 Save Workspace command 16 saving glyph sets 108 InCopy content 86 metadata 65 scaling documents when...
... case software activation 1 downloads 4 registration 1 spaces. See tables, editing ruler guides, viewing 44 rulers about measurement units 40 changing zero point 42 overriding default units 41 preferences 42 specifying measurement units 41 vertical depth 24 rules lines above paragraphs 200 XML rule sets 261 running list 217 USING INCOPY CS4 290 Index S Save Current command 16 Save Workspace command 16 saving glyph sets 108 InCopy content 86 metadata 65 scaling documents when...