Moving Type Between CS2 Applications

As we mentioned earlier in the chapter, Photoshop CS2 and Illustrator CS2 share the same text engine. This makes it possible to easily move type between these two applications. Moving type between Illustrator and InDesign can be a bit more difficult.

Between Illustrator and Photoshop

To copy type from Illustrator to Photoshop, select the type with the Type tool and copy it. To paste it, select the Type tool, click an insertion point, and then paste. The character and paragraph formatting can be copied from point type, text frames, or path type. It also can be copied back from Photoshop to Illustrator when the Type tool is chosen in each application.

In most cases, editable type is also retained when Illustrator layers are saved in the Photoshop PSD format and opened in Photoshop CS2, and when a Photoshop file with type layers is opened in Illustrator CS2. (For details on layer handling, see the "Moving Layers Between Photoshop and Illustrator" section in Chapter 12, "Layers".) In Illustrator CS2, type in grouped objects is retained as editable type when opened in Photoshop.

Tip: Using Glyphs in Photoshop

Photoshop CS2 doesn't have a Glyphs palette. While you can apply OpenType features in Photoshop, you can't select all the glyphs in a font. As a workaround, you can create the type (including any glyphs you need) in Illustrator CS2 and copy it into Photoshop where the glyphs are visible and editable.

Between Illustrator and InDesign

Even though the text engine used in Illustrator and Photoshop is based on the one in InDesign, they are not the same. You can copy simple vector objects from Illustrator to InDesign, as we describe in the "Moving Paths Between Applications" section of Chapter 5, "Getting to the Point of Vector Graphics." However, if you use that copy/paste method, it's not possible to copy formatted text between Illustrator and InDesign. If you copy and paste text from Illustrator into InDesign, the text is turned into an embedded PDF object, not editable, selectable text. The text will preview and print at high resolution, but you can't edit it.

If you need to copy type between the two applications, you can only copy unformatted text. Select it with the Type tool in Illustrator or InDesign and copy it to the Clipboard. In the other application, make a new text frame, click an insertion point, and paste. Any type formatting must be reapplied.