Adobe InCopy CC 2015 - Manual (Page 173)

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Last updated 6/13/2015
Place (import) text
For large amounts of text, the Place command is the most useful way to import content. InCopy supports a variety of
word-processing, spreadsheet, and text file formats. The degree to which the original formatting is preserved depends
on the import filter for the file type and the options you choose as you place the file. You can also open Word, text, and
RTF files directly in InCopy.
1 Using the Type tool , click where you want the text to appear.
2 Choose File > Place.
3 In the Place dialog box, select Show Import Options if you want to display a dialog box containing import options
for the type of file you’re placing.
4 Select the text file you want to place, and then click Open. (If you Shift-click Open, the Import Options dialog box
appears, even if Show Import Options isn’t selected.)
5 Do any of the following:
• If a dialog box displays import options for the type of file you’re placing, select any options you want, and click
OK.
• If the document you’re importing contains fonts that aren’t available on your system, a dialog box opens to
inform you of the font substitution. If you prefer to specify other substitution fonts, click Find Font and choose
alternatives.
If the text you import into your document includes pink, green, or another color of highlighting, you likely have one or
more composition preference options turned on. Open the Composition section of the Preferences dialog box, and notice
which options are turned on under Highlight. For example, if the placed text is formatted with fonts not available in InCopy,
the text is highlighted in pink.
Import options
When you import Word, Excel, and tagged text files, you can determine how the files are imported.
Microsoft Word and RTF import options
If you select Show Import Options when placing a Word file or an RTF file, you can choose from these options:
Table Of Contents Text Imports the table of contents as part of the text in the story. These entries are imported as text
only.
Index Text Imports the index as part of the text in the story. These entries are imported as text only.
Footnotes Imports Word footnotes. Footnotes and references are preserved, but renumbered based on the document’s
footnote settings. If the Word footnotes are not imported properly, try saving the Word document in RTF format and
importing the RTF file.
Endnotes Imports endnotes as part of the text at the end of the story.
Use Typographer’s Quotes Ensures that imported text includes left and right quotation marks (“ ”) and apostrophes (’)
instead of straight quotation marks (" ") and apostrophes (').
Remove Styles And Formatting From Text And Tables Removes formatting, such as typeface, type color, and type style,
from the imported text, including text in tables. Paragraph styles and inline graphics aren’t imported if this option is
selected.
Preserve Local Overrides When you choose to remove styles and formatting from text and tables, you can select
Preserve Local Overrides to maintain character formatting, such as bold and italics, that is applied to part of a
paragraph. Deselect this option to remove all formatting.