Smart Content Designer User Guide

Introduce Content Models to QuarkXPress

You need to introduce your content models to QuarkXPress to make the output templates compliant with the schema of your content models. When you import a content model to QuarkXPress, QuarkXPress parses the content model to allow you to design and configure the components of the content model for publishing within QuarkXPress.

Import a Content Model to QuarkXPress

To import a content model to QuarkXPress:

  1. In QuarkXPress, from the header ribbon bar select Windows > Smart Content Flow Planning.

  2. In the Smart Content Flow Planning dialog, expand the Select Content Model dropdown menu, and then select the option Import to open the dialog Smart Content Model Picker.

  3. In the dialog Smart Content Model Picker, select the model you want to import and then select the button OK to import the content model to QuarkXPress.

Alternatively, you can also import a content model to QuarkXPress by invoking the dialog Smart Content Model Picker through the following steps:

  1. In the top bar menu items, select Edit and then select Smart Content Model to open the Smart Content Models dialog.

  2. In the Smart Content Models dialog, select the button Import to open the Smart Content Model Picker dialog.

  3. In the Smart Content Model Picker dialog, select the model you want to import and then select the button OK.

  4. In the Smart Content Models dialog, select the button Save.

Bind a Content Model to Your QuarkXPress Project

Binding a content model to your QuarkXPress project means telling the QuarkXPress application to create a publishing template based on that content model. 

You can bind a content model to your QuarkXPress project at any point after you have created a new project or have imported a reference document. However, you should bind them before you create a master page out of your reference document pages. 

To bind a content model to the QuarkXPress project:

  1. In the dialog Smart Content Flow Planning, select the content model that you want to bind with your QuarkXPress project under the Select Content Model dropdown menu, which lists all the content models that you have imported to QuarkXPress.

  2. Select the button Bind.

After you have bound a content model to your QuarkXPress project, you can see the content model in the Smart Content Style Guide palette, which you can invoke through the steps Windows > Smart Content Style Guide. 

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