A layout definition provides a group of settings that combine to describe a layout. These settings can include a medium type (Print, Web, or Interactive), Rule Sets, Output Setups, and a color management Source Setup. A layout definition also can include a Layout Specification, which includes information such as page size and page count (note that Layout Specifications must be created at the Job Jackets level).

When you associate a project with a Job Ticket template, QuarkXPress automatically creates a layout for each layout definition in that Job Ticket template. Such layouts have the same names as the layout definitions they were based on.

You can apply a layout definition to a project in two ways:

• Create a project from the Job Ticket containing the layout definition, as described in “Creating a project from a Job Ticket.”
• Link the Job Ticket to the active project after the project has been created, as described in “Linking an existing project to a Job Jackets file.”

Whichever approach you use, the defined layouts are created automatically.