- From the Tools menu, select Automated Page Assignment Editor. Notice that the window now contains entries for every artwork position, based on the imported layout.
- Using the Shift key, select all rows appearing in the APA Editor window. In the Move Rows area, click Remove.
- In the Move Rows area, click Add.
- Position your cursor in the first cell of the Refined File Name column, and in the Insert Wild Cards area, click Match Either.
- Select the cell in the Artwork Set Name/Prefix column, and in the Insert Wild Cards area, click All Artwork Sets.
- Select the cell in the Position column. Delete the number "1" and type an asterisk (*) An asterisk (*) tells the APA feature to position one file to all page positions in a layout.
Note: Open the online help, select the Workshop User Guide, and locate: APA > About Rules for APA. View the topic regarding assigning 1-up artwork to All positions (*), Contiguous (..), and Noncontiguous (,) using position wild cards. These wildcards will define how 1-up artwork is to be positioned in a layout. - In the Layer column, leave the layer as 1. This column is used for versioning.
- Close the APA Editor. In the Save Before Opening a New APA File dialog box, select Yes.
- In the Save APA File As... dialog box, click Save to save the APA file as
Job.v2.apa
. This file will be automatically saved to the Control folder located in your job folder XX_APA_All
(where XX is your initials).