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but if the layout artist creates a Composition Zones item based on a selection of multiple
items, that Composition Zones item becomes synchronized and available for use
throughout the project. Maybe the layout artist designates one layout for the printed
magazine and another layout in the same project for a digital page that includes the
ad. The layout artist can restrict the use of this Composition Zones item to this single
project, but the ad can match exactly in print and digital output.
Composition Zones terminology
Composition Zones are unique because they have the characteristics of items when
you place them in a layout, but they behave like layouts when you edit their contents.
• Composition Zones item: An item that shows the contents of a layout that exists
elsewhere. You can think of a Composition Zones item as a "window" through
which you can see the contents of a different layout. The layout shown in a
Composition Zones item is called its composition layout (see next definition). Each
Composition Zones item gets its content from one (and only one) composition
layout.
• Composition layout: A special kind of layout that is used only to provide contents
for a Composition Zones item. You can think of a composition layout as the
layout that is visible through the "window" of a Composition Zones item. Multiple
synchronized Composition Zones items can display the contents of a single
composition layout. However, a composition layout can be edited by only one
person at a time.
When you create a Composition Zones item, QuarkXPress automatically creates a
composition layout to provide content for that Composition Zones item.
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