2019

COLLABORATION AND SINGLE-SOURCING
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The scenario above shows the primary uses for Composition Zones, but the feature
can accommodate other collaborative workflow issues as well. For example,
Composition Zones can be restricted to the project where they are defined, which
you might want to do for a number of reasons. Perhaps the layout artist wants to
use an ad in more than one place in the project, and the ad might include multiple
text and picture boxes. You cannot use the Content palette to synchronize a group
of items, 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.