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Table Of Contents
A GUIDE TO QUARKXPRESS SERVER 2017 | I
Contents
Conventions .................................................................................1
Getting started with QuarkXPress Server ...................................3
QuarkXPress Server architecture......................................................................3
Understanding QuarkXPress Server .................................................................3
Server templates and static projects.........................................................................4
The document pool and the Streaming Document Provider....................................4
Projects and layouts..................................................................................................5
Job Jackets and resources ........................................................................................5
Caching.....................................................................................................................5
QuarkXPress Server preferences...............................................................................6
Quark License Administrator.....................................................................................6
Master-renderer environment ...................................................................................6
Changing logging levels in “log4j2.xml“..................................................................7
Understanding QuarkXPress Server XTensions software .................................8
The QuarkXPress Server XTensions API ....................................................................8
Configuring QuarkXPress Server for launch .....................................................9
Launching QuarkXPress Server.......................................................................10
Quitting QuarkXPress Server .........................................................................10
The QuarkXPress Server user interface .....................................11
Navigation pane..............................................................................................12
Administration menu.......................................................................................17
General Preferences dialog box .............................................................................18
Renderer Preferences dialog box............................................................................20
Job Jackets dialog box ...........................................................................................29
App Studio preferences ..........................................................................................29
Check Out License dialog box................................................................................29
Using QuarkXPress Server.........................................................30
Creating URL requests ....................................................................................30
Understanding URL requests ..................................................................................30
Understanding QuarkXPress Server namespaces ...................................................31
Understanding QuarkXPress Server parameters.....................................................32
Supported interfaces ......................................................................................32
The Dynamic Publishing Process (DPP) ...........................................................33