Viewing Notes
InCopy Workflow Setup
Designer Sets Up
Designer creates the InDesign layout with named text frames.
Export Assignments
File → Assignments → New — bundles frames for the editor.
Editor Opens InCopy
Editor checks out content, writes within the layout's constraints.
Check In Updates
Designer sees real-time text changes flow into the InDesign layout.
Noble Desktop's Graphic Design Certificate covers InDesign — the layout app that pairs with InCopy for editorial workflows.
Learn how to view and manage notes in both Galley & Story Views and Layout View, as well as using the Notes Panel.
Viewing Notes: in Galley & Story Views
If a note is collapsed as shown below, click on the colored brackets
to expand the note and see the text it contains.
To collapse a note, click on one of the colored brackets
around the note.To open or close all notes in a story, go to Notes > Expand/Collapse Notes in Story.
Viewing Notes: in Layout View
A marker
will appear in the text indicating the location of the note.Mouse over the top half of the marker
. When the cursor turns into a hand 
, click to view the note.