Working with InCopy CS Files
It's possible that not everyone you'll be working with will be using InCopy CS2. Maybe you'll be working with people who are using InCopy CS at the same time you are using InCopy CS2. InCopy CS2 gives you many options for working with folks who are using InCopy CS. You can open, place, or copy from InCopy CS documents. Each of these options is slightly different and offers its own set of options and advantages.
Opening InCopy CS Files
File > Open (Command/Control-O) opens an InCopy CS file (.incd), allowing InCopy CS and InCopy CS2 users to work together. Slightly more complicated is making your InCopy CS2 file available to InCopy CS users. Doing that requires choosing File > Save Content As and clicking InCopy CS Document in the format pull-down. When you open an InCopy CS file with InCopy CS2, all styles and swatches in the original document are ready for use in InCopy CS2.
Placing InCopy CS Files
You can also place InCopy CS (.incd) files. Simply position your cursor at an insertion point in the InCopy CS2 file, select File > Place (Command/Control-D), and navigate to the file you want to place. When Chapter 3, "Ensuring Consistency with Character and Paragraph Styles.") Similarly, a swatch identically named Mustard, for example, in both applications will acquire the attributes assigned to it in the InCopy CS2 document. (For more information on using styles and swatches in InCopy CS2, see Chapter 3.)
Copy and Paste from InCopy CS
Another way to move text from InCopy CS to InCopy CS2 is to copy and paste. Unfortunately, you can't drag and drop because InCopy CS doesn't support drag and drop at all. The good news is that all the styles and swatches from your InCopy CS file will arrive intact in your InCopy CS2 file if you copy and paste. Styles marked with an icon resembling a floppy disk in the Paragraph Styles or Character Styles palette have been imported into the