QuarkXPress 7: Job Jackets, Tickets and Rules… Putting it All Together!

During the past few issues of this newseltter, you have learned how to create job jackets and rules. If you missed the past few issues, you can use the Newsletter Archive link at the left to read those artilces.

1. Create a new Project based on a Ticket by choosing File > New > Project from Ticket

   The New Project from Ticket dialog box appears. Here you can see the Job Jacket and Ticket you created during the previous articles in this module.

   

2. Select CreateOurNewsletter from the list of Tickets (you learned how to create this ticket a few weeks ago)
3. Click Select

   Your new project is created. There are a few interesting things to notice. First, if you show the Page Layout palette, you’ll see that the project already contains 4 pages. The top margin of every page is 12 picas (or two inches). And the page size is exactly what was specified in the Ticket, which is based on the Job Jacket.

4. Insert a few pages by choosing Page > Insert,
   typing 2 into the Insert field and clicking OK

   

   According to the Job Jacket and Ticket you used when you created the project, your page count was supposed to be 4. By adding the 2 additional pages, your page count is 6. While you did not create a Rule to check your page count and compare it to the ticket, when you have the layout evaluated, this problem will be flagged.

5. Select the Orthogonal Line Tool and draw a line anywhere on page 1
6. Select the new line and use the Measurements palette to modify the line (specifically, change the Width to 8 pt and apply a right-pointing arrowhead)

   

   You learned to create a rule last week that specifically prohibits lines with right arrowheads. But there you go, not following the rules. It was interesting to see that you were able to draw the forbidden line type. It will be even more interesting to see if you get away with it.

Evaluate the layout against the settings in the Ticket and Rules

1. Choose File > Job Jackets > Evaluate Layout

   The Layout Evaluation dialog box appears.

2. Click the Evaluate button

   According to the results, your layout failed two Rule Descriptions: Layout Specification and NewsletterRules. You can tell if you passed or failed by looking in the Cases column where green check marks agre good, red slashes are bad.

   At this point, you would need to bring the document under compliance (in this case, you would need to delete the two extra pages and that pesky right-hand arrow). Then you would evaluate the layout again. This time, you would hopefully see green check marks in the Cases column.

   

3. Click Done