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Frame grids
About frame grids in InCopy documents
Document setup options for frame grids
View frame grids
Convert text frames and frame grids
About frame grids in InCopy documents
When you create a new document in InCopy, you can decide whether the text area will contain a frame grid or
plain text frame. A
frame grid includes a set of squares into which Japanese characters appear. Frame grids are
essentially the same as plain text frames in function and appearance except that they contain grids that can affect
the appearance of text.
Frame grids have the following characteristics:
Frame grids contain character attribute settings. These preset character attributes are applied to placed text.
Plain text frames, meanwhile, do not have character attribute settings. When text is placed, it takes on the
character attributes currently selected in the Character panel.
Frame grid character attributes can be changed using File >Document Setup. Because plain text frames have
no character attributes, you will need to select some placed text and set attributes using the Character panel.
You can also select text placed in a frame grid and use the Character panel to change the character
attributes.
The grid of the frame grid is determined by the grid attributes (text direction, vertical and horizontal
percentage, character aki, and line aki). You cannot change the color of a frame grid in InCopy.
When you place the InCopy document into an existing InDesign frame grid or text frame, the InDesign
settings are used to format the text. If you click the loaded text icon while placing the InCopy document, the
InCopy document maintains the text area setting defined in InCopy.
Unlike InDesign, InCopy does not have a layout grid or named grids.
Frame grids appear only in Layout View when Show Frame Grid is selected. Show Frame Grid is turned on by
default.
Document setup options for frame grids
When Frame Grid is selected for Text Area in the New Document or Document Setupdialog box, the following
options are available:
Vertical and Horizontal Grid Scaling