Notes. Adobe InCopy CS6

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Notes

CS6

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With the InDesign and InCopy inline editorial-notes features, you can add comments and annotations as notes directly to text without affecting the flow of a story. Notes features are designed to be used in a workgroup environment. Notes can be color coded or turned on or off based on certain criteria.

Notes can be created using the Note tool in the toolbox, the Notes > New Note command, or the New

Note icon on the Notes palette.

We assume that you have already read

Chapter 2, “Getting Started”

and know how to create, install, and run a script. We also assume you have some knowledge of working with notes in InCopy.

Entering and importing a note

This section covers the process of getting a note into your InCopy document. Just as you can create a note and replace the text of the note using the InCopy user interface, you can create notes and insert text into a note using scripting.

Adding a note to a story

To add note to a story, use the

Add method. The following sample adds a note at the last insertion point.

For the complete script, see InsertNote.

Set myInCopy = CreateObject("InCopy.Application.CS6")

Set myDocument = myIncopy.Documents.Item(1)

Set myStory = myDocument.Stories.Item(1)

Rem We'll use the last insertion point in the story.

Set myInsertionPoint = myStory.insertionPoints.Item(-1)

Set myNote = myInsertionPoint.Notes.Add

myNote.Texts.Item(1).Contents = "This is a Note."

Replacing text of a note

To replace the text of a note, use the

Contents property, as shown in the following sample. For the complete script, see Replace.

myInCopy = CreateObject("InCopy.Application.CS6") myDocument = myIncopy.Documents.Item(1)

Set myStory = myDocument.Stories.Item(1)

Set myNote = myStory.Notes.Item(1)

Replace text of note with "This is a replaced note." myNote.Texts.Item(1).Contents = "This is a replaced note."

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