2021

COLLABORATION AND SINGLE-SOURCING
file in the proper folder, and the layout is updated automatically to show the ad.
And because the Composition Zones item works just like a QuarkXPress layout, the
layout artist can open the file to make changes.
Meanwhile, the layout artist can designate another Composition Zones item for an
article on the same page as the ad. The layout artist draws three boxes: One for the
headline, one for the body of the article, and one for a picture. Using the Shift key
to select all three boxes, the layout artist creates a new Composition Zones file from
those three boxes, exports that file, and then notifies the writer that the file is
available in the staff’s shared network folder. As the writer works with the file and
saves each updated version, the updates display in the layout artist’s project. And
like the advertisement, the article can be edited later in the project.
Top: The main layout artist exports parts of a project as Composition Zones, and then
sends one file through e-mail to a remote ad designer and puts another file on a local
networked server. Middle: The main layout artist, the reporter, and the ad designer all
work on their parts of the page simultaneously. Bottom: The ad designer sends the
completed ad to the main layout artist in an e-mail message, the page updates
automatically, and the layout is done.
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