8.5

Applying a layout definition to a project
A layout definition provides a group of settings that combine to describe a layout. These
settings can include a medium type (Print, Web, or Interactive), Rule Sets, Output Setups,
and a color management Source Setup. A layout definition also can include a Layout
Specification, which includes information such as page size and page count (note that
Layout Specifications must be created at the Job Jackets level).
When you associate a project with a Job Ticket template, QuarkXPress automatically creates
a layout for each layout definition in that Job Ticket template. Such layouts have the same
names as the layout definitions they were based on.
You can apply a layout definition to a project in two ways:
• Create a project from the Job Ticket containing the layout definition, as described in
"Creating a project from a Job Ticket template."
• Link the Job Ticket to the active project after the project has been created, as described in
"Linking an existing project to a Job Jackets file."
Whichever approach you use, the defined layouts are created automatically.
Collaborating with shared Job Jackets
The Resources in a shared Job Jackets file can be shared by any projects that use Job Tickets
in that Job Jackets file. When one project updates a shared Resource, the change can be
automatically transmitted to all other projects that are using that Resource.
For example, assume that two layout artists named Andrea and Hector are separately
working on two projects. Each project uses a Job Ticket that is located in a Job Jackets file
named "Bryn's Job Jackets." (It doesn't matter whether the two Job Tickets are based on
the same Job Ticket template or not, as long as both Job Tickets reside in "Bryn's
Job Jackets.")
Now, assume that both Job Tickets include a style sheet named "Logo Subhead." Because
this style sheet is included in a Job Ticket, the style sheet's definition is stored in the
Job Jackets file. And because both layout artists' Job Tickets include this style sheet, both
projects can use the style sheet definition that is stored in the shared Job Jackets file. So
if Andrea, the lead layout artist, decides to change the font used in the "Logo Subhead"
style sheet, that change can be automatically communicated to the layout where Hector
is working — and the font for his copy of the style sheet will change, too. In other words,
the "Logo Subhead" style sheet Resource can be synchronized between the two projects.
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