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USING QUARKXPRESS SERVER
Working with pages and spreads
The root element of a deconstructed QuarkXPress project is <PROJECT>. Within
each <PROJECT> element are one or more <LAYOUT> elements. Each layout
contains one or more <SPREAD> elements, and each <SPREAD> contains one or
more <PAGE> elements. Each layout, spread, and page has a unique name, indicated
by its <ID> element.
Each layout can have a unique name, indicated by its <ID> element’s NAME
attribute. You can use a layout’s name when referring to that layout in a non-
construct call that uses the MODIFY attribute. The ID@NAME attribute is ignored for
<SPREAD> and <PAGE> elements, but you can refer to them numerically with their
<ID> element’s UID attribute, with "1" being the first, "2" being the second, and so
forth.
With most element types, it is best to assign an ID@NAME value to an element and
use that to refer to the element, because ID@UID values are defined by QuarkXPress
Server and thus ignored for construct calls. <PAGE> and <SPREAD> are exceptions
to this rule.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
<PROJECT JOBJACKET=" MacintoshHD:brochures:BrochureJJ.xml"
JOBTICKET="Tall US Brochure Ticket"
PROJECTNAME="project1.qxp">
<LAYOUT>
<ID NAME="Layout 1" />
<SPREAD>
<ID UID="1" />
<PAGE POSITION="RIGHTOFSPINE" MASTER="3">
<ID UID="2" />
</PAGE>
...
Each page has a POSITION attribute that indicates which side of the spine it is on.
(In single-sided layouts, every page is given a POSITION of RIGHTOFSPINE).
You can assign items to a page using the GEOMETRY element, which is a child of the
BOX and TABLE elements. For example:
<BOX BOXTYPE="CT_TEXT" COLOR="White">
<ID NAME="Title Box" />
<GEOMETRY LAYER="Default"
PAGE="1"
SHAPE="SH_RECT">
<POSITION>
<TOP>90</TOP>
<LEFT>95</LEFT>
<BOTTOM>190</BOTTOM>
<RIGHT>195</RIGHT>
</POSITION>
</GEOMETRY>
</BOX>
Master pages are stored in a deconstructed project’s Job Jackets file. To create a page
from this master page, insert a MASTER attribute into the PAGE element and indicate
the number of the target master page. Master page numbering is as follows:
1 = blank single page
2 = blank facing-page
3 = the first user-defined master page in the Job Jackets file (by default, the master
page named “A-Master A”)
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