Using Sections in QuarkXPress
Working with Sections in a long QuarkXPress document can be tricky. Here are some helpful tips:
Changing the page numbering scheme is probably the best reason to use Sections. To begin a new Section using the current page, choose Page> Section. This lets you begin page numbering with any number (for example, 256 instead of 1, or 1 instead of xvii), and in your choice of number styles — Arabic, Roman, etc.
Always keep the Document Layout or Page Layout palette open (View> Show Document Layout or Window> Page Layout). This will show you each page’s page number as assigned by its Section.
To print a page in a Section, you must enter its Section page number in the Print dialog.
When you want to print a page using its absolute page number instead of the page number assigned by its Section, add a Plus (+) symbol before the page number in the Print dialog box. For example, to print the fifth page of the document, type +5 instead of whatever number it has in the Section.
To find out a page’s absolute page number, Option-click its page icon in the Document Layout or Page Layout palette. The page’s absolute page number will appear at the bottom of the palette. For example, the fifth page of the document will appear as “+5.”
To display the total page count of a multi-sectioned document, click outside a page icon in the Document Layout or Page Layout palette. The total page count will appear at the bottom of the palette.
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Resurrecting a long dead post with this reply but thought I’d give it a try.
We use section letters in front of our page numbers. So, we have pages like A-1, B-4, J-2, etc. Can’t print using those page numbers. Print dialog box pops up an error dialog box that contains… “This layout has a section prefix that conflicts with a page range separator. [144]”
Found your tutorial and am able to determine the absolute page numbrer of a single page I want to print using Alt-click on the desired page. Typing that number (with or without the ‘+’) into the print dialog box causes the same error dialog box mentioned above.
On a PC running Windows 7 and QuarkXpress 9.5.
I figured out what I was doing wrong. I was attempting to paste the object in, rather than selecting it and clicking the Assign button.
You may be able to answer a simple question that used to work in prior versions of Q. Am using 9.5.4, and there is no way to insert a new section in a page, set it to 3 columns and turn it off and return to full width text.
Seems like I am missing something obvious, but just spent 2 hours trying various stuff.
Seems the text column applies to the full page, and there is no way to section it off in a text flow.
Any help will be appreciated!
tnx
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