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THE USER INTERFACE
File menu
The File menu enables you to manipulate electronic files in a number of ways,
including the ability to create, open, print, and save. This menu includes the
following commands:
New: Choose an option from the New submenu to create a project. If you •
choose New Project from Ticket, you can select a Job Ticket from which you
can create the project. You can also use this submenu to create new libraries and
books.
New Project from IDML: Use this option to open InDesign IDML files as •
QuarkXPress projects.
Open: Use this option to open project files. •
Open Recent (Mac only, on Windows, a list of the recently opened files are displayed •
at the end of the File menu.): Use this option to open a project from a list of
recently opened files.
Close (Win)/ Close Window (Mac): Use this option to close the active project. •
Save: Use this option to save the active project. •
Save As: Use this option to save a copy of the active project. •
Save a Copy As/Downsave: Use this option to export one or more layouts in •
the active project or to save a copy of the active project as a lower version of
QuarkXPress.
Revert to Saved: Use this option to return the active project to the state it was •
in when it was last saved.
Import: Use this command to import text into a text box or to import a picture •
into a picture box.
Export Picture: Use this command to export a copy of the picture contained in •
the active picture box or all pictures in the project.
Save Text: Use this option to save the contents of the active text box as a •
separate file.
Append: Use this option to append style sheets, colors, layouts, and a variety of •
other types of resources from another file.
Export As: Use this option to export a layout as PDF, EPS, JPEG/PNG/TIFF, •
HTML5 Publication, iOS App, Android App, ePub or Kindle.
Collect for Output: Use this option to collect the layout/s, fonts, images, •
profiles, output report, etc. into a folder. Collect for output can be performed on
all layouts in the project.
Job Jackets: Use this submenu to access the specifications and rules for creating •
and inspecting a layout, link a project to a Job Jackets file, modify a Job Ticket,
and evaluate a layout.
Print: Use this option to print the active file. •
Exit (Windows only): Use this option to exit the application. •
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