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Insert special characters, Insert a glyph from a specified font, Insert a recently used glyph

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USING INCOPY CS4 105 Text See also "OpenType fonts" on page 186 "Glyphs panel overview" on page 103 Insert special characters You can insert common characters such as em dashes and en dashes, registered trademark symbols, and ellipses. 1 Using the Type tool, position the insertion point where you want to insert a character. 2 Choose Type > Insert Special Character, and then select an option from any of the categories in the menu. If special characters that you use repeatedly do not appear on the list of special characters, add them to a glyph set that you create. See also "Create and edit custom glyph sets" on page 107 Insert a glyph from a specified font 1 Using the Type tool, click to place the insertion point where you want to enter a character. 2 Choose Type > Glyphs to display the Glyphs panel. 3 To display a different set of characters in the Glyphs panel, do any of the following: • Select a different font and type style, if available. From the Show menu, choose Entire Font. Or, if you selected an OpenType font, choose from a number of OpenType categories. • Choose a custom glyph set from the Show menu. (See "Create and edit custom glyph sets" on page 107.) 4 Scroll through the display of characters until you see the glyph you want to insert. If you selected an OpenType font, you can display a pop-up menu of alternate glyphs by clicking and holding the glyph box. 5 Double-click the character you want to insert. The character appears at the text insertion point. Insert a recently used glyph InCopy tracks the previous 35 distinct glyphs you inserted and makes them available under Recently Used in the first row of the Glyphs panel (you have to expand the panel to see all 35 glyphs on the first row). ❖ Do one of the following: • Double-click a glyph under Recently Used. • Choose Recent Glyphs on the Show list to display all recently used glyphs in the main body of the Glyphs panel, and then double-click a glyph. Clear recently used glyphs • To clear a selected glyph from the Recently Used section, right-click (Windows®) or Control-click (Mac OS) a glyph in the Recently Used section, and then choose Delete Glyph From Recently Used. • To clear all recently used glyphs, choose Clear All Recently Used. Replace a character with an alternate glyph When a character includes alternate glyphs, it appears in the Glyphs panel with a triangle icon in the lower-right corner. You can click and hold the character in the Glyphs panel to display a pop-up menu of the alternate glyphs, or you can display alternate glyphs in the Glyphs panel. Updated 29 April 2009

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105
USING INCOPY CS4
Text
See also
OpenType fonts
” on page
186
Glyphs panel overview
” on page
103
Insert special characters
You can insert common characters such as em dashes and en dashes, registered trademark symbols, and ellipses.
1
Using the Type tool, position the insertion point where you want to insert a character.
2
Choose Type
> Insert Special Character, and then select an option from any of the categories in the menu.
If special characters that you use repeatedly do not appear on the list of special characters, add them to a glyph set that
you create.
See also
Create and edit custom glyph sets
” on page
107
Insert a glyph from a specified font
1
Using the Type tool, click to place the insertion point where you want to enter a character.
2
Choose Type
> Glyphs to display the Glyphs panel.
3
To display a different set of characters in the Glyphs panel, do any of the following:
Select a different font and type style, if available. From the Show menu, choose Entire Font. Or, if you selected an
OpenType font, choose from a number of OpenType categories.
Choose a custom glyph set from the Show menu. (See “
Create and edit custom glyph sets
” on page
107.)
4
Scroll through the display of characters until you see the glyph you want to insert. If you selected an OpenType font,
you can display a pop-up menu of alternate glyphs by clicking and holding the glyph box.
5
Double-click the character you want to insert. The character appears at the text insertion point.
Insert a recently used glyph
InCopy
tracks the previous 35 distinct glyphs you inserted and makes them available under Recently Used in the first
row of the Glyphs panel (you have to expand the panel to see all 35 glyphs on the first row).
Do one of the following:
Double-click a glyph under Recently Used.
Choose Recent Glyphs on the Show list to display all recently used glyphs in the main body of the Glyphs panel,
and then double-click a glyph.
Clear recently used glyphs
To clear a selected glyph from the Recently Used section, right-click (Windows®) or Control-click (Mac
OS) a glyph
in the Recently Used section, and then choose Delete Glyph From Recently Used.
To clear all recently used glyphs, choose Clear All Recently Used.
Replace a character with an alternate glyph
When a character includes alternate glyphs, it appears in the Glyphs panel with a triangle icon in the lower-right
corner. You can click and hold the character in the Glyphs panel to display a pop-up menu of the alternate glyphs, or
you can display alternate glyphs in the Glyphs panel.
Updated 29 April 2009