CopySync Manual

Getting started

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CopySync is an Adobe Illustrator panel that fills your packaging artwork from your approved copy doc. Nutrition values, traffic light colours, %RI, portion sizes, servings, ingredients and allergen bold are written straight into named items in your artwork, so nothing is typed twice.

The CopySync panel in Illustrator.

How it works

  1. Prepare your artwork once. Group the label items in COPYSYNC_WRAPPER and name the text frames and shapes with CopySync's tokens and names. See Preparing your artwork.
  2. Prepare your copy doc. CopySync reads your approved copy doc (PDF, Word, CSV or XLSX). See Preparing your copy doc.
  3. Apply. Open the artwork, check the copy doc the panel found, and apply. See Applying data.

What CopySync does not do

  • It does not approve a label. You check every label before it goes to print.
  • It has no allergen list. It carries across what is bold in your copy doc. See Allergen bold and ingredients.
  • It does not change your design. It only writes to the items you have named.

Plans

Trial, Solo, Studio and Team. Some features, such as PDF copy docs, allergen bold and Silent apply, are Team features. See Plans and licensing.

Before you start

  • Illustrator with the CopySync panel installed and a licence key activated.
  • One artwork template per layout you use.
  • A sample copy doc for each type of product you make.
  • The first time, test on a copy of a real file, never on live artwork.

Next

Read Rules and behaviours once. It explains what CopySync decides and what it leaves to you.

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