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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.

Note: 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">

</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)

Assigning items to specific pages

You can assign items to a page using the GEOMETRY element, which is a child of the BOX and

TABLE elements. For example:

<GEOMETRY LAYER="Default" PAGE="1"

SHAPE="SH_RECT">

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