Quark to InDesignCS3 Conversion Guide - InDesign User Group

notified of changes to the InDesign
layout so that copyfitting can be
adjusted before returning the final
assignment.
• Write and edit more productively.
InCopy users can produce clean,
final copy quickly with powerful
text-handling features, such as versatile
text import controls, dragand-drop
text, and a real-time
spelling checker. Productivity is
further enhanced by the ability to
customize the work environment
by rearranging panels, assigning
custom keyboard shortcuts, and
modifying toolbars.
what is an InDesign snippet file and
what can I do with it?
InDesign CS3 allows you to save
individual objects or groups of
objects on a page (text and images)
and their relative positioning as
snippet files, which you can then
store on your hard drive, access via
Bridge, share with colleagues, or
reuse in other InDesign documents.
To create a snippet file, select one
or more InDesign objects, and
then drag the objects into Adobe
Bridge CS3, a folder in the Mac
OS Finder, or Windows Explorer.
The resulting file is given an INDS
extension. You can use the Place
command (File menu) to import
snippet files into InDesign layouts,
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Drag objects from an InDesign page into Adobe Bridge, or choose
file > Export, to create an InDesign snippet file. A snippet preserves
the objects, their formatting, and their relative position. when you
drag or import a snippet back into InDesign, it accurately recreates
the objects.
or you can drag and drop snippet
file icons from the Mac OS
Finder or Windows Explorer onto
an InDesign page or pasteboard.
Because snippets support XML
tags, you can use snippets to cre-
ate dynamic content. For example,
you can tag a styled table, import a
linked XML file, and then export
the resulting table as an InDesign
snippet. You could then place that
snippet into a new InDesign
document, refresh the link to the
XML file, and quickly produce
updated, styled table content.
Alternatively, you could tag a set
of frames, export them as snippets,
import them into new documents as
needed, and automatically flow XML
content into them.
how can I place an InDesign page into
another InDesign layout?
Placing an InDesign document into
another layout is the same as placing
a graphics file or text file: Choose
File > Place, select an InDesign file,
and then click Open. If you place a
multipage document, you can choose
the pages you want to include by
selecting Show Import Options in
the Place dialog box and then specifying
the pages in the Place InDesign
Document dialog box. Once you
place an InDesign page into a layout,
the placed page is handled like an
imported graphic. If you move or
modify the source InDesign file, the
Links panel displays the change in
status, and you can update missing
or modified links. If you package the
target layout (File > Package), the
placed InDesign file as well as
its linked files are included in the
package folder.