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Drag and drop individual Resources from the list on the bottom right to the target
Job Jackets icon in the list on the left.
You can also drag Resources to a Job Ticket or project.
For information about changing the locations of Resources in a Job Ticket, see "Specifying
the location of Resources: Advanced mode."
Working with Job Tickets
A Job Ticket is a set of Resources (specifications and rules) that can be applied to one or
more QuarkXPress projects. Each Job Ticket has a name and is stored in a particular
Job Jackets structure. A Job Ticket contains both project-level Resources (such as colors,
style sheets, and color management settings) and layout-level Resources (such as Layout
Specifications and layout definitions).
There are three kinds of Job Tickets:
• A Job Ticket template is a definition for a "master" Job Ticket. In some ways, a Job Ticket
template is similar to a master page or a QuarkXPress template file.
• An active Job Ticket is a copy of a Job Ticket template that is associated with a particular
project.
• A deferred Job Ticket is a copy of a Job Ticket template that has been associated with a
project, but is no longer associated with that project (for example, if the project was closed
without being saved).
Creating a Job Ticket template
Here are some guidelines to indicate when you might want to have separate Job Ticket
templates:
• If you have a recurring print job, such as a newsletter or magazine, you might want to
create a Job Ticket template for that job.
• If you plan to create several types of layouts (such as a poster, postcard, Web site, and
Flash presentation) that are all based on a single campaign or theme, you might want to
create a Job Ticket template for each layout and store all of the Job Ticket templates in a
single Job Jackets file. That way, all of the layouts can share the same style sheets, colors,
and so forth.
• If you have a standard format that is used by a number of people, such as an ad format,
you might want to use a Job Ticket template to help your customers construct their ads
according to the guidelines.
• If a group of layout artists needs to ensure that they are all using the same style sheets,
colors, or other Resources, and to keep those Resources synchronized among the layout
artists if the Resources should change, you might want to store those Resources in a Job
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