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Change measurement units and rulers

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USING INCOPY CS4 40 Working with InCopy documents When you add text to a threaded story, the story flows through each successive frame until all of the assigned frames are full. 1. 3. 2. 1. 2. 3. Flow of threaded text: Original text in threaded frames (top); after you add text to first frame, text reflows to second frame (bottom) If the text doesn't fit in its allotted frame space, the hidden part of the story is called overset text. See also "About frames" on page 25 "Copyfitting text" on page 155 Change measurement units and rulers InCopy includes a vertical depth ruler for copyfitting text in Galley and Story views, as well as horizontal and vertical rulers in Layout view for measuring layouts. By default, rulers begin measuring from the upper-left corner of a page or spread. You can change this by moving the zero point. You can work with several standard measurement units, change these settings at any time, and temporarily override the current measurement units as you enter a value. Changing the measurement units doesn't move guides, grids, and objects, so when ruler tick marks change, they might not line up with objects aligned to the old tick marks. A B C Rulers A. Labeled tick marks B. Major tick marks C. Minor tick marks You can set up different measurement systems for horizontal and vertical rulers. For example, many newspapers measure horizontal layouts in picas and vertical text stories in inches. The system you select for the horizontal ruler governs tabs, margins, indents, and other measurements. Each spread has its own vertical ruler; however, all vertical rulers use the same settings you specify in the Units & Increments section of the Preferences dialog box. Updated 29 April 2009

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USING INCOPY CS4
Working with InCopy documents
When you add text to a threaded story, the story flows through each successive frame until all of the assigned frames
are full.
Flow of threaded text: Original text in threaded frames (top); after you add text to first frame, text reflows to second frame
(bottom)
If the text doesn’t fit in its allotted frame space, the hidden part of the story is called
overset text.
See also
About frames
” on page
25
Copyfitting text
” on page
155
Change measurement units and rulers
InCopy includes a vertical depth ruler for copyfitting text in Galley and Story views, as well as horizontal and vertical
rulers in Layout view for measuring layouts. By default, rulers begin measuring from the upper-left corner of a page or
spread. You can change this by moving the zero point.
You can work with several standard measurement units, change these settings at any
time, and temporarily override
the current measurement units as you enter a value. Changing the measurement units doesn’t move guides, grids, and
objects, so when ruler tick marks change, they might not line up with objects aligned to the old tick marks.
Rulers
A.
Labeled tick marks
B.
Major tick marks
C.
Minor tick marks
You can set up different measurement systems for horizontal and vertical rulers. For example, many newspapers
measure horizontal layouts in picas and vertical text stories in inches. The system you
select for the horizontal ruler
governs tabs, margins, indents, and other measurements. Each spread has its own vertical ruler; however, all vertical
rulers use the same settings you specify in
the Units & Increments section of the Preferences dialog box.
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
A
B
C
Updated 29 April 2009