Session #1 (two sessions, each session is three hours)
 
I. InCopy capabilities
      A. InCopy works with InDesign allowing writers/editors to work
         with designers using electronic exchange of files for page proofing
      B. Standalone application: create & edit text files to use in ID layouts 
      C. Automate time consuming tasks 
      D. Customize your work environment
  
II. Core InCopy tasks: InCopy as a standalone application
      A. Identify yourself as a user
      B. Open the InDesign layout file in InCopy
      C. Three views for editing stories: Story, Galley, Layout views
      D. Scrolling through text: shortcuts
      E. Assignments pane: most important tool for InCopy
      F. Check out a story to edit
      G. Status icons in Layout view
      H. Make an edit and Save
      I. Update your stories to reflect the most recent changes
      J. Copyfitting: Galley view is ideal, CopyFit Info toolbar
      K. Create a note: controls for notes, navigating notes, show/hide notes
      L. Check the story back in
      M. Create a new story by defining a text area you can copyfit to
      N. Pasting text formatted or unformatted
      O. Open text from MS Word and RTF format, Save formats
      P. Import graphics
            1. Place or replace a graphic on the page
            2. Place graphic into text (inline) so graphic moves with text
            3. Move and size a graphic within its frame
            4. Transform a graphic: move, scale, rotate, shear
            5. Four fitting commands: resize the frame to fit the image
  
III. Writers/Editors tools
      A. Drag and drop text
      B. Set a marker in text to easily return to that spot
      C. Dynamic Spellcheck and Autocorrect
      D. Check Spelling
      E. Find/Change: search options, text cleanup, attribute searches, tips
      F. Thesaurus
      G. Text macros (glossary text or "autotext"): create, insert or replace,
            edit, duplicate, delete
      H. Track changes: controls for using Track Changes, options for
            approving/rejecting edits, view list of changes
 
IV. More on writing, editing and type
      A. Selecting text: shortcuts
      B. Show Hidden Characters
      C. Special Characters, White Spaces, Break Characters
      D. Missing fonts
 
V. More on notes
      A. Edit note text
      B. Expand or collapse a note
      C. Navigating through notes in all opened stories
      D. See note text in Layout view
      E. Move or duplicate a note
      F. Duplicate a note anchor
      G. Splitting a note into two notes
      H. Convert text in a story to a new note
      I. Convert note contents to text
      J. Spell checking & Find/Change for note text
      K. Shortcuts to convert a word, line, paragraph or story to a note
      L. Delete a note and its contents, delete all notes
      M. Exporting notes in a PDF
      N. Printing notes
 
VI. More on formatting type
      A. Automated bullets and numbering
      B. Character and Paragraph panels: typesetting controls
      C. Set up and apply styles
      D. "Synching" paragraph and character styles between Word, IC and ID
            1. Style Mapping: map Word styles to your IC styles
            2. Import paragraph/character styles from an ID doc into an IC doc
                   and also from another IC story
            3. Use the same style names in IC that will be used in ID layout file
 
VII. Tables
      A. Tables overview
      B. Creating a table: Inserting and Placing
      C. Creating a table: converting tabular text
      D. Control which rows stay together
      E. Table headers and footers
      F. Add text to an empty table
      G. Can not add graphics in IC
      H. Format the table structurally
      I. Moving rows or columns
      J. Color the table: adding strokes and fills to a table
      K. Navigating tables
      L. Selecting cells, rows, columns and entire table
 
 
Session #2 (second session, each session is three hours)
 
I. InCopy Workflow: designers and writers/editors working together using
            InCopy & InDesign
        A. InCopy workflow ends paper proofing, enabling enhanced collaboration
        B. InCopy workflow overview
        C. User identification
        D. Three ways text can become managed in the InCopy workflow
        E. What is a story?
            1. In InDesign
            2. In InCopy   

II. InCopy workflow in action
        A. InCopy and InDesign---setup your user identification
            [This is review for IC users]
        B.  InDesign: designer imports stories & graphics into a layout
            1. Designer exports the stories/graphics of a layout for the editors
            2. About Assignment files
            3. Designer creates assignment files in ID
            4. Create assignments and add content at the same time or later
            5. Options for creating Assignment files
            6. Designer moves content between assignments
            7. (optional) Designer can export content as separate IC files
                   (not using Assignments)
        C. InCopy and InDesign
            1. Status icons
            2. Opening shared content
        D. InCopy and InDesign: checking out content
            1. Check out content
            2. Make an edit and Save
            3. Add a note for other team members
            4. Check the story back in
      E. Update stories team members have edited and checked back in
      F. InDesign: save changes
   
III. Best practices for InCopy workflow
      A. Transferring writer's first draft of a story for placing in the layout
      B. Opening files in InCopy
      C. Problem with Save As
      D. Files always stay in the same location
      E. Set up a system of nested folders
      F. Keep status icons in view
      G. InDesign: meeting deadlines when stories are still checked out