Using the Story Editor

For people like me, one of the good things about electronic page layout is that I edit text as it appears on the page.

For others, one of the bad things about electronic page layout is that they edit text as it appears on the page. Those people like to edit text without seeing images, typefaces, sizes, and other design elements . For those people, InDesign has a Story Editor.

Text is displayed in the Story Editor without most of its special formatting. This makes it easier to make changes to the text.

To use the Story Editor:

1.	Select the text frame that contains the text you want to edit, or place your insertion point inside the text.
2.	Choose Edit > Edit in Story Editor. The Story Editor opens.
3.	Use the right side of the Story Editor to make changes to the text. Any changes you make in the Story Editor appear on the document page.
4.	Use the left side of the Story Editor to view the paragraph styles that may have been assigned to the text . (See page 368 for information on styles.) The Story Editor displays the various elements within the story.
5.	If your text is overset inside the text frame, the Overset Text indicator displays where the overset appears . The Overset Text indicator shows where the text extends outside the visible area of the text frame. Tip The text within tables cannot be displayed in the Story Editor. Tip The Story Editor appears as a separate window from your document page. You don't have to close the Story Editor to move back to the document. Just click the document page to work on it; then click to move back to the Story Editor. Tip You can change the display of the Story Editor by changing the preference settings (see page 542).