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Working with Existing InCopy CS2 Files

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Opening InCopy CS2 and InDesign CS2 files

You can open a standalone InCopy CS2 document (.incx file) which has been previously created in InCopy CS2 or InDesign CS2. In this case, choose File > Open and select the .incx file. Even if it originated in InDesign CS2, the file will not show the page geometry of the InDesign CS2 file. It will, however, have all character and paragraph styles and swatches available. You can also open an original InDesign CS2 (.indd) file. When you do so, you'll be able to take advantage of Layout view, as well as the Story and Galley views of the document, because InCopy CS2 can read the geometry and graphic elements of the InDesign CS2 document and display them in Layout view. The advantage is that in Layout view, an InCopy user can accurately see text wraps, page geometry, and graphics in an .indd file. InCopy also lets you use styles and swatches originating in InDesign. InCopy CS2 opens InCopy CS2 template files (.inct) as well as InDesign assignment files (.inca).

Placing InCopy CS2 files

You can place an existing InCopy CS2 document into InCopy CS2. This is particularly helpful when you have a large text file to put into InCopy. When you do this, all the textual content of an existing InCopy CS2 file as well as any styles and swatches get inserted into your current InCopy CS2 document where the cursor is. (For more on file types, see the sidebar "Alphabet Soup.")

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In our tests, enabling Show Import Options did not invoke the Import Options dialog as we expected, and we reported this finding to Adobe. So, if you have identically named styles in both documents and place an InCopy CS2 (.incx) document into your current InCopy CS2 document, the styles of the file you're placing will override the styles in your current document.

Pasting from an InCopyCS2 Document

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