User Guide

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ADOBE INCOPY CS2
User Guide
About comments and processing instructions
You can add comments and processing instructions to your XML content using InCopy. Comments, viewed in a Web
browser or text editor, provide additional information about the content in your XML file. Processing instructions
trigger specific actions when the XML file is opened in an application that understands them. InCopy preserves
comments and processing instructions, but does not act on them when you open an XML file.
You can view comments and processing instructions in the Structure pane, Galley view, or Story view, or hide them
to see just the elements corresponding to tagged content in your document. Comments, attributes, and processing
instructions are not visible in Layout view.
Comments and processing instructions can be moved, deleted, or edited just like other elements in the Structure
pane. They cannot, however, contain child elements.
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Structure pane and Story view
A. Comment B. Processing instruction
See also
“To rearrange elements” on page 276
“To use the Structure pane” on page 275
To add comments
1 Select an element to be the parent of the new comment.
2 Choose New Comment in the Structure pane menu.
3 Type the comment in the New Comment dialog box, and click OK.
To add processing instructions
1 Select an element to be the parent of the new processing instruction.
2 Choose New Processing Instruction in the Structure pane menu.
3 For Target, enter a name that identifies the processing instruction to an application reading the exported XML file.
4 For Data, enter a value that tells the application what to do with the processing instruction.
5 Click OK.