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host layout that uses the missing composition layout. To recover the contents of a lost
external composition layout:
1
Display a layout with a Composition Zones item based on the missing composition layout.
2
Choose File > Collaboration Setup.
3
Click the Linked Layouts tab.
4
Select the missing composition layout.
5
Click Break Link. The composition layout is removed from the Linked Layouts tab, and
a new composition layout is added to the Shared Layouts tab of the Collaboration Setup
dialog box. Although this composition layout name looks the same in the Shared Content
palette, it actually transforms into a new composition layout with Availability restricted
to This Project Only. You can then place and edit the composition layout.
Editing the contents of a single-project composition layout
A single-project composition layout is restricted to the project in which it was created. Your
method for accessing a composition layout for editing is determined by your Show Tab
in Project Window setting in the Advanced Layout Properties dialog box. When you
check Show Tab in Project Window, you can access the composition layout from the
layout tab at the top of the project window. Simply click the tab to activate the composition
layout for editing content and layout attributes.
If you don't check Show Tab in Project Window, you have to select the Item tool and
double click the original Composition Zones item. The composition layout displays.
For a composition layout created from an entire layout, check Show Tab in Project
Window in the Advanced Layout Properties dialog box so you can access the layout
easily. Otherwise, you have to select the composition layout in the Shared Content palette,
click Edit, and then check Show Tab in Project Window.
Unsynchronizing a composition layout
When you unsynchronize a composition layout, QuarkXPress breaks the link between
that composition layout and all existing Composition Zones items based on that
composition layout. To unsynchronize all instances of a Composition Zones items in a
project, select the composition layout in the Shared Content palette, and click the
Unsynchronize All button . However, if you subsequently change the composition
layout and place a new Composition Zones item based on it, the new Composition Zones
item will reflect the change.
Breaking the link to a composition layout
If your QuarkXPress project contains a Composition Zones item linked to a composition
layout in another project, you might want to use the Composition Zones item for a different
purpose, without receiving updates when changes occur in the project that contains the
composition layout. When you break the link, the Composition Zones item remains in
the shared content library and is still available in the Shared Content palette.
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