Text Composition - Adobe 65009333 - InCopy CS4 - PC Using Manual

Text composition

Compose text
The appearance of text on your page depends on a complex interaction of processes called composition. Using the word
spacing, letterspacing, glyph scaling, and hyphenation options you've selected, InCopy composes your type in a way
that best supports the specified parameters.
InCopy offers two composition methods: Adobe Paragraph Composer (the default) and Adobe Single-line Composer
(both are available from the Control panel menu). You can select which composer to use from the Paragraph panel
menu, the Justification dialog box, or the Control panel menu.
For a video tutorial on working with text, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0075.
See also
Working with Text video
"Change Justification settings" on page 223
Composition methods
InCopy offers two composition methods: Adobe Paragraph Composer (the default) and Adobe Single-line Composer.
Both composition methods evaluate possible breaks, and choose those that best support the hyphenation and
justification options you've specified for a given paragraph.
The Adobe Paragraph Composer
Considers a network of breakpoints for an entire paragraph, and thus can optimize earlier lines in the paragraph in
order to eliminate especially unattractive breaks later on. Paragraph composition results in more even spacing with
fewer hyphens.
The Paragraph Composer approaches composition by identifying possible breakpoints, evaluating them, and
assigning a weighted penalty to them based on such principles as evenness of letterspacing, word spacing, and
hyphenation.
You can use the Hyphenation dialog box to determine the relationship between better spacing and fewer hyphens. (See
"Hyphenate text" on page 222.)
The Adobe Single-line Composer
Offers a traditional approach to composing text one line at a time. This option is useful if you want to restrict
composition changes from late-stage edits.
Choose a composition method for a paragraph
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Do any of the following:
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From the Paragraph panel menu, choose Adobe Paragraph Composer (the default) or Adobe Single-line
Composer.
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From the Paragraph panel menu or the Control panel menu, choose Justification, and then choose an option
from the Composer menu.
Note: Additional composition engine plug-ins from other companies may be available, along with interfaces that let you
customize an engine's parameters.
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