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Job Jackets file. For example, if Tara is working in a project that shares the "Product
List" Job Jackets file, and she chooses Edit > Colors and starts to modify a color
that is in the project's Job Ticket, QuarkXPress locks all shared Resources in the
"Product List" Job Jackets file so that only Tara can modify them.
When a Job Jackets file is locked:
• You cannot create a project from a Job Ticket template in that Job Jackets file.
• You cannot link a project to the Job Jackets file.
• You cannot display the Edit Job Ticket dialog box (File > Job Jackets > Modify
Job Ticket) for a project that shares the Job Jackets file.
• You can display the Job Jackets Manager dialog box (Utilities menu), but you
cannot edit the locked Job Jackets file or any of its Job Tickets.
• You cannot edit a shared Resource in the Job Jackets file. For example, if Tara has
locked the "Product List" Job Jackets file, and Samuel chooses Edit > Colors and
tries to modify a color that is in the project's Job Ticket, the color is dimmed and
unavailable until Tara unlocks the Job Jackets file.
• You cannot add a layout or change the name of an existing layout in a project
that shares the Job Jackets file.
• You cannot edit a rule from the Layout Evaluation dialog box (File > Job Jackets >
Evaluate Layout).
A locked Job Jackets file becomes unlocked at the following points:
• When the user with the lock closes the Edit Job Ticket dialog box.
• When the user with the lock closes the Job Jackets Manager dialog box.
• When the user with the lock finishes editing a Resource that is in the shared
Job Jackets file. Using the example above, this would be when Tara clicks Save or
Cancel in the Colors dialog box after changing the shared color.
Because of Job Jackets locking, it is important to display Edit Job Ticket and the
Job Jackets Manager dialog boxes only when necessary, and to close them as soon as
you've completed any work you need to do with them.
If you display the Job Jackets Manager dialog box (Utilities menu) and find that you
cannot edit the Job Jackets file associated with your project, that Job Jackets file is
probably locked by another user.
Printing with JDF output
When you send a project to output, you can now indicate that a JDF file should be
generated and stored wherever the output file is saved. (Note that if you are printing
directly to the output device, no JDF file is generated.)
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