Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 279)

1. Select the text frame, click an insertion point in the text frame, or select multiple frames from different stories.
2. Choose Edit > Edit In Story Editor.
To open another instance of the same story editor window, make the story editor active, and choose Window > Arrange > New Window.
Return to the layout window
In Story Editor, do one of the following:
Choose Edit > Edit In Layout. When you use this method, the layout view displays the same text selection or insertion-point location as
last appeared in the story editor, and the story window remains open but moves behind the layout window.
Click in the layout window. The story window remains open but moves behind the layout window.
Close the story editor window.
Choose the document name from the bottom of the Window menu.
Show or hide Story Editor items
You can show or hide the style name column and the depth ruler, expand or collapse footnotes, and show or hide paragraph break marks to
indicate the start of new paragraphs. These settings affect all open story editor windows, as well as all subsequently opened windows.
With the story editor active, choose View > Story Editor > Show Style Name Column or Hide Style Name Column. You can also adjust the
width of the style name column by dragging the vertical bar. Subsequent story editor windows have the same column width.
With the Story Editor active, choose View > Story Editor > Show Depth Ruler or Hide Depth Ruler.
With the Story Editor active, choose View > Story Editor > Expand All Footnotes or Collapse AllFootnotes.
With the Story Editor active, choose View > Story Editor > Show Paragraph Break Marks or Hide Paragraph Break Marks.
Story Editor preferences
Use Story Editor Display preferences to change the appearance of the Story Editor. Although the Story Editor suppresses all but the most basic
text styling attributes, some objects and attributes are represented, including the following:
Attribute Icon
Table
Inline objects
XML tags
Variables
Hyperlink sources
Hyperlink anchors
Cross-reference
Hidden conditional text
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