Adobe InCopy CC 2015 - Manual (Page 195)

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Last updated 6/13/2015
Apply grid format to text
You can apply the grid format to any text that doesn’t conform to the grid format.
1 Select the text.
2 Choose Edit > Apply Grid Format.
Change the text direction
1 Select the text frame.
2 Do either of the following:
• Choose Type > Writing Direction > Horizontal or Vertical.
• Choose Type > Story to show the Story panel. Select Horizontal or Vertical for Story Direction.
In Galley view and Story view, text appears as horizontal, even if Vertical is selected. In Layout View, text is vertical if
Vertical is selected.
A vertical text frame or frame grid is converted to a horizontal one, or a horizontal text frame or frame grid is converted
to a vertical one. Changing this causes the entire story to be changed, and all frames threaded to the selected frames
will be affected.
Note: To change the direction of individual characters in a frame, use the Tate-chu-yoko feature, or use the Character
Rotation feature in the Character panel.
Drag and drop text
You can use the mouse to drag and drop text in the Story Editor or in the Layout View. You can even drag text from the
Story Editor to the layout window (or vice versa), or into some dialog boxes such as Find/Change. Dragging the text
from a locked or checked-in story copies the text rather than moves it. You can also copy text or create a new frame
when dragging and dropping 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 text from a locked or checked-in story copies the text rather than
moves it. You can also copy text when dragging.
Jeff Witchel provides a video tutorial about drag and drop at Using InDesign Drag and Drop Text .
1 To enable drag and drop, choose Edit > Preferences > Type (Windows) or InCopy > Preferences > Type (Mac OS),
select Enable In Layout View, Enable In Story Editor (InDesign), or Enable In Galley/Story View (InCopy), and then
click OK.
2 Select the text that you want to move or copy.
3 Hold the pointer over the selected text until the drag and drop icon appears, 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 the text in a new location, position the vertical bar where you would like the text to appear and release
the mouse button.
• To drop the text in a new frame, hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) after you start dragging, and
then release the mouse button before releasing the key.