Incopy file types – Adobe InCopy CC 2015 User Manual
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You can enable the option in Preferences or in the Save As dialog box. Because previews increase both file size and the
time it takes to save the document, you may prefer to enable the option on demand using the Save Asdialog box.
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Do one of the following:
• To include a preview every time you save a document, choose Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Windows) or
InCopy > Preferences > File Handling (Mac OS).
• To include a preview for a specific document, choose File >Save As.
• To include a preview for a specific document, choose File > Save Content As.
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Select Always Save Preview Images With Documents.
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If you are setting the preview using the Preferences dialog box, choose the number of preview pages from the Pages
menu, and choose an option from the Preview Size menu.
Note: Selecting the preview option in the Save As dialog box also selects the option in the Preferences dialog box, and
uses the default Pages and Preview Size settings.
InCopy file types
You can work with several different file types in InCopy.
InCopy content files (.icml)
This is the default file type when exporting stories or graphics from InDesign, and when
saving or creating new documents using InCopy. This file type appears as InCopy Document in the Export or Save As
dialog box.
InCopy CS3 Interchange files (.incx)
This is a legacy file type used in InCopy CS3 and earlier.
Assignment files (.icma)
These files are a subset of an InDesign document. They display content and styles, as well as
page geometry from the parent InDesign file. Assignment files can display different levels of visual fidelity (wireframe,
assigned spreads, or all spreads). The InDesign user sets these options while creating the assignment file. Only InDesign
users can create assignment files; only InCopy users can open assignment files.
Legacy assignment files for InCopy CS3 used the .inca extension.
Assignment package files (.icap)
These files are assignment files that have been compressed in InDesign for
distribution. Assignment packages include the assignment file, the assigned story files, and any linked images.
Legacy InCopy CS3 assignment packages used the .incp extension.
Template files (.icmt)
Templates are useful starting points for stand-alone documents, because you can preset them
with page size dimensions, text area dimensions, styles (paragraph and character), XML tags, swatches, pretagged
sample content, and so on. Template files open as “Untitled” documents and display content and styles, but no page
geometry (layout information from an InDesign document). This file type appears as InCopy Template in the Save As
dialog box.
InDesign files (.indd)
When viewed in InCopy, these files provide full fidelity with the InDesign document, including
content, styles, and layout of all page items. InCopy users can edit only those content items made available to them by
InDesign users. Other items can be viewed but not edited.
You can open several different types of text files, including Microsoft Word, RTF, and TXT files, directly in InCopy.
When you do so, the import options for that file type appear.