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                <div><p><dfn class="term">Content</dfn> is either a body of text
that flows through one or more frames, or an imported graphic. There
are five basic ways to work on content in InCopy: open an assignment
file, open an assignment package, open a linked InCopy file, open an
InDesign file that has linked InCopy files, or compose content entirely
in InCopy.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Open assignment files created in InDesign</h4><p>InDesign
users can create an assignment file and designate content for sharing. This
method lets the InDesign user associate related components (heading, body,
graphics, captions, and so on), and then assign them to different
InCopy users for writing and editing. InCopy users open the assignment
file and work on only the components assigned to them. The live
layout view shows how their edited copy relates to the InDesign
layout, without opening the entire InDesign document. However, if
the layout changes, the InDesign user must update assignments to
notify InCopy users about the changes. You can share assignment files
on a server or through assignment packages.<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ww_15" src="images/ww_15.png" /><div class="figdesc">InDesign document (.indd) with assignment file (.icml) composed
of three linked content files (.incx). Assignment and its components
are listed in Assignments panel and are opened in InCopy.</div><br /></div></p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Open assignment packages</h4><p>The assignment
packages workflow is especially useful when designers and writers
are working on the same project but don’t have access to a local
server. In such cases, the InDesign user can create one or more
packages and send the compressed files to the assigned InCopy users
via e-mail. InCopy users can open the assignment packages, edit
the contents, and return the packages to the InDesign user, who
can then update the document.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Open linked InCopy files exported from InDesign</h4><p>In
certain workflows, InDesign users might export text and graphics
as separate files, rather than wrapping them inside an assignment
file. Exporting separate files is useful if you work on unrelated
graphics or bodies of text. However, InCopy users aren’t able to
see how the content fits within the InDesign layout. </p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="ww_16" src="images/ww_16.png" /><div class="figdesc">InDesign document (.indd) with three linked but unassigned
content files (.icml) opened in InCopy</div><br /></div></div>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Open InDesign documents that have linked InCopy files</h4><p>To see all page items in the context of an entire
layout, InCopy users can open and edit an InDesign document in InCopy.
This approach can be useful for editing and copyfitting if seeing
the overall layout is important, or for editing most of the stories
in a document rather than a few. After the InCopy user edits the
stories, the InDesign user can then update the links to the modified
files. If the InDesign user changes the layout, the InCopy user
is notified when the InDesign document is saved. </p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Compose content entirely in InCopy</h4><p>You
can create content in InCopy that isn’t associated with an InDesign
file. In these stand-alone documents, you can type text, assign
fonts and styles, and import graphics from other applications (such
as Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop) to enhance the text. You can also assign
tags for future XML use. This approach is a good option in an editorial
workflow where the content precedes the design. You can also set
up and modify the text area, page size, and orientation for stand-alone
InCopy documents. But if the story is later linked to an InDesign
document, the InDesign settings override the settings used in InCopy. </p>
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