2023

User Guide | 588
Imagine a layout artist in charge of the QuarkXPress project files for a
magazine. The layout artist can use Composition Zones to share content with
writers, editors, graphic artists, and remote contributors who also use
QuarkXPress.
Using QuarkXPress, the layout artist can “draw out” the area of the project for an
ad using the Composition Zones tool and then export that Composition Zones
item as a separate file. The resulting file includes the correct specs, and this
approach saves steps when the remote ad creator receives the file. The ad
creator works in QuarkXPress to add the content and then returns the file —
along with necessary graphics and fonts — to the layout artist. The layout artist
then places the updated file in the proper folder, and the layout is updated
automatically to show the ad. And because the Composition Zones item works
just like a QuarkXPress layout, the layout artist can open the file to make
changes.
Meanwhile, the layout artist can designate another Composition Zones item for
an article on the same page as the ad. The layout artist draws three boxes: One
for the headline, one for the body of the article, and one for a picture. Using the
Shift key to select all three boxes, the layout artist creates a new Composition
Zones file from those three boxes, exports that file, and then notifies the writer
that the file is available in the staff’s shared network folder. As the writer works
with the file and saves each updated version, the updates display in the layout
artist’s project. And like the advertisement, the article can be edited later in the
project.