QuarkXPress For Dummies

Chapter 7

Share and Share Alike: Syncing and Collaborating

IN THIS CHAPTER

Knowing how to share and synchronize items

Working with Composition Zones

Taking a look at what Job Jackets are for

The ability to share items, groups, and entire layouts adds a virtual third dimension to your layout tools in QuarkXPress. If you’ve ever used the same text, graphic, or ad in multiple projects, and had to track down every instance of it when a change is made, you understand the kind of headache these synchronization features can relieve.

This chapter explains how to allow text, pictures, groups of page items and entire multipage layouts to be shared, and how to use those shared items on other layouts. It also explains how to allow other QuarkXPress users to contribute content to your layout at the same time as you’re working on it. And finally, Quark’s revolutionary Job Jackets “preflight done right” feature is briefly explained so that you might consider implementing it into your workflow.

Sharing and Synchronizing Items

When your layout has an item that repeats in multiple places, all the items can share content, attributes, or both. Items that can be shared include pictures, boxes, lines, ...