User Guide

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ADOBE INCOPY CS2
User Guide
See also
“To drag and drop text” on page 151
To adjust spacing when pasting text
When you paste text, InCopy can automatically add or remove spaces, depending on the context. For example, if you
cut a word and then paste it between two words, InCopy will make sure that a space appears before and after the
word. If you paste that word at the end of a sentence, before the period, InCopy will not add a space.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or InCopy > Preferences > Type.
2 Select Adjust Spacing When Cutting and Pasting Words, and then click OK.
To drag and drop text
You can use the mouse to drag and drop text in Galley View, Story View, or Layout View. You can even drag text into
some dialog boxes such as Find/Change. Dragging the text from a locked or checked-in story copies the text rather
than moving it. You can also copy text when dragging and dropping.
1 To enable drag and drop, choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or InCopy > Preferences > Type (Mac OS),
and then select Enable In Layout View or Enable In Galley/Story View, and then click OK.
2 Select the text that you want to move or copy.
3 Hold the pointer over the selected text until it becomes the drag and drop icon , and then drag the text.
As you drag, the selected text remains in place, but a vertical bar indicates where the text will appear when you release
the mouse button. The vertical bar appears in any text frame that you drag the mouse over.
4 Do any of the following:
• To drop thetextinanewlocation, position theverticalbar whereyou wouldlikethe text to appear andrelease the
mouse button.
• To copy the text, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) after you start dragging, and then release the
mouse button before releasing the key.
If the text you drop doesn’t have the proper spacing, select the Adjust Spacing Automatically option in Type Prefer-
ences. (See “To adjust spacing when pasting text” on page 151.)
See also
“To paste text” on page 150
To transpose characters
If you transpose two adjacent characters as you type, you can correct them with the Transpose command. For
example, if you typed 1243 instead of 1234, the Transpose command switches the 4 and the 3.
1 Place the insertion point between the two characters you want to transpose.
2 Choose Edit > Transpose.
Note: The Transpose command applies only to characters and numbers within stories. It cannot move InCopy note
anchors, tables, spaces, or other nonprinting characters. You cannot use Transpose in a locked story.