QuarkXPress 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

23. Workgroups

What’s in a Job Jackets file?

QuarkXPress Job Jackets are JDF-based XML files that contain a variety of specifications, including:

• Project-level resources for colors, style sheets, output styles, and color management

• Layout-level resources such as page size and orientation, output specifications, and rules to check against (for example, no spot colors)

• Information about the job (such as the job number) and contact information

The information in Job Jackets is organized into “Job Tickets” for creating individual layouts.

In this example, we created a Composition Zone for the magazine cover’s teaser lines. We can send it ...