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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.
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 Shared 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 Web 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
on the Web.
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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