8.5

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Editing a composition layout: Content
When you edit a composition layout, you can change content and adjust layout-level
attributes.
To edit the contents of a composition layout:
1
For an external composition layout file, choose File > Open.
2
For a composition layout within your QuarkXPress project, click the layout name in the
layout tab at the bottom of the project window (available if Show Tab in Project Window
is checked). If the composition layout name does not display in the layout tab, select the
Item tool and double-click the Compositions Zones item.
3
When the composition layout displays, all the composition layout contents are available
for editing. You can use menu and palette commands to alter text, graphics, and items,
and you can use tools to add content.
4
Choose File > Save for the changes to be reflected in the original host layout (and in any
other layouts in which the external composition layout has been linked and placed). If
you're editing a single-project composition layout, simply closing the window updates the
content in the Composition Zones item.
Editing a composition layout: Attributes
To edit the layout attributes of a composition layout:
1
Open the external composition layout file (File > Open) or activate the composition layout
using the layout tab. You can also activate the composition layout by selecting the Item
tool and double clicking the Composition Zones item.
2
Choose Layout > Layout Properties to display the Layout Properties dialog box.
3
For Print layout types, confirm or change size, orientation, and facing-page settings, and
click OK.
4
For Web layout types, confirm or change background and link colors, layout size, and
background image (if any), and click OK.
You can change the layout type in the Layout Properties dialog box, but you might lose
content and settings. And this will make the composition layout unavailable within the
Usage dialog box (Utilities menu) of other QuarkXPress projects that link to the
composition layout
Recovering contents of an external composition layout
If you lose an external composition layout (perhaps someone deleted it from your network),
any Composition Zones items based on that composition layout will display as Missing
in the Composition Zones pane of the Usage dialog box (Utilities menu). However, you
still have access to the content, and you can create a new composition layout from any
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