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Adobe InCopy is a professional word processing software made by Adobe Systems. It is integrated to Adobe InDesign; the current version is Adobe InCopy CS3. This desk-top publishing software is primarily used to publish newspapers and magazines.
Adobe InDesign allows the editor to write, edit, and design (style, font, etc.) the publishable copy. The software includes standard word processing features such as "spell check", "track changes", and "word count", etc., and has preview viewing modes for fitting copy to the text layout, allowing the editor to visually ascertain every design element fits in the publication layout format used.
Commercially, Adobe InCopy is a direct competitor to Quark CopyDesk, which was first released in 1991.
The InCopy software has three viewing modes: (i) Story mode, (ii) Galley mode, and (iii) Layout mode. The Story mode is for text reading and -editing in a screen-wide, word-processor view without the publication page formatting. The Galley mode view displays the text in a wide-column, published page view without the page formatting, listing the available style sheets applied to the text; but does not display the true design layout. The Layout mode view shows the true page design layout displaying every format applied to the text and the attached headlines.
Unlike word processor programs, Adobe InCopy is not for printing with office desktop printers, but is integral to the Adobe InDesign desktop publishing software application; with InDesign, the editor-user designs, lays out, and prints the copy as part of the finished publication.
With the InCopy integrated to InDesign, writers, editors, and designers can simultaneously work the same page; the designer creates the page layout with InDesign, while editors simultaneously edit different stories with the InCopy, via the Adobe LiveEdit rights management system. Publishers often use a publishing system including workflow- and rights management to the design and editing capabilities of the publishing system software.
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