In an environment such as this, InCopy offers all of the features necessary for editorial staff to perform their jobs and streamlines the workflow considerably by allowing concurrent editing of content, efficient application of styles, and much more. That’s not to throw Word under the bus at all, it was never designed to fill the need that we often try to make it achieve. Applying styles, accurate color, and even kerning and tracking being only a few of those features. After all, Microsoft Word although powerful as a Word Processing application, lacks a lot of features that InCopy brings to the table. If the editorial staff (writers, editors, copy editors, etc.) work directly for your organization, then there’s a good chance that InCopy can in fact become a replacement for Microsoft Word in your workflow. It’s a good thing too, because although I can categorize the workflow for most organizations into a certain type of workflow, each organization brings their own nuances to the table requiring a tweak or modification to the “standard” InCopy workflow. One of the things that I’ve always loved about Adobe InCopy is that there’s no ONE way to use the product. InCopy can in fact be a replacement for Word in some workflows but it can also be used as an enhancement to many workflows. Truth be told, I often hear people describe InCopy as a replacement for Word. Whenever I explain the concept of InCopy to new users, I’m often asked if InCopy replaces Microsoft Word in an InCopy Workflow.
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