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Edit a text macro, Duplicate a macro, Insert or swap macro text, Insert macro text automatically

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USING INCOPY CS4 125 Text Edit a text macro 1 From the list in the Text Macros panel, double-click the text macro you want to edit, or select it and click the Edit Text Macro button in the Text Macros panel. 2 Enter your changes in the text box, and click OK. Duplicate a macro Use the Duplicate Macro command to create a copy of an existing macro. The duplicate macro is assigned the same code as the original, but with a number appended to it, and is listed immediately after the original macro in the Text Macros panel. For example, duplicating the macro "DOT" creates a copy of the macro, named "DOT1." 1 Select the text macro you want to duplicate from the list in the Text Macros panel. 2 Choose Duplicate Macro from the Text Macros panel menu. Delete a text macro 1 Select the text macro you want to delete from the Text Macros panel list. 2 Choose Delete Macro from the Text Macros panel menu. Important: Once you delete a macro, you cannot undo the deletion. Insert or swap macro text You can insert macro text in three different ways: Using the Insert Macro Text command to insert macro text at the insertion point, having macro text inserted automatically while typing, or swapping existing text with macro text. Insert macro text automatically If Automatically Swap Macro Text is selected, macro codes are automatically converted to macro text while you type. For example, if you created a macro code named "cdc," when you type cdc followed by a word-ending character such a space or period, Center for Disease Control and Prevention appears. The macro code is case-sensitive. 1 Make sure that Automatically Swap Macro Text from the Text Macros panel menu is selected. (A check mark should appear next to it.) 2 Type the macro code followed by a word-ending character (space, comma, period, or paragraph return). If you want to restore the macro code text, choose Edit > Undo until the macro code reappears. Insert macro text at the insertion point The Insert Macro Text command places the selected macro text at the current text insertion point. 1 Using the Type tool , click the location where you want to insert the macro text. 2 Do one of the following: • Press the macro keyboard shortcut for the macro you want. • Select the macro you want from the Text Macros panel, and choose Insert Macro Text from the panel menu, or click the Insert Macro Text button . Updated 29 April 2009

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USING INCOPY CS4
Text
Edit a text macro
1
From the list in the Text Macros panel, double-click the text macro you want to edit, or select it and click the Edit
Text Macro button
in the Text Macros panel.
2
Enter your changes in the text box, and click
OK.
Duplicate a macro
Use the Duplicate Macro command to create a copy of an existing macro. The duplicate macro is assigned the same
code as the original, but with a number appended to it, and is listed immediately after the original macro in the Text
Macros panel. For example, duplicating the macro “DOT” creates a copy of the macro, named “DOT1.”
1
Select the text macro you want to duplicate from the list in the Text Macros panel.
2
Choose Duplicate Macro from the Text Macros panel menu.
Delete a text macro
1
Select the text macro you want to delete from the Text Macros panel list.
2
Choose Delete Macro from the Text Macros panel menu.
Important:
Once you delete a macro, you cannot undo the deletion.
Insert or swap macro text
You can insert macro text in three different ways: Using the Insert Macro Text command to insert macro text at the
insertion point, having macro text inserted automatically while typing, or swapping existing text with macro text.
Insert macro text automatically
If Automatically Swap Macro Text is selected, macro codes are automatically converted to macro text while you type.
For example, if you created a macro code named “cdc,” when you type
cdc
followed by a word-ending character such
a space or period, Center for Disease Control and Prevention appears. The macro code is case-sensitive.
1
Make sure that Automatically Swap Macro Text from the Text Macros panel menu is selected. (A check mark
should appear next to it.)
2
Type the macro code followed by a word-ending character (space, comma, period, or paragraph return).
If you want to restore the macro code text, choose Edit
> Undo until the macro code reappears.
Insert macro text at the insertion point
The
Insert Macro Text command places the selected macro text at the current text insertion point.
1
Using the Type tool
, click the location where you want to insert the macro text.
2
Do one of the following:
Press the macro keyboard shortcut for the macro you want.
Select the macro you want from the Text Macros panel, and choose Insert Macro Text
from the panel menu, or click
the Insert Macro Text button
.
Updated 29 April 2009