"Duplicate layout" window

This window provides the functions needed to duplicate an existing layout. You can open the window by selecting the layout and then selecting "Duplicate layout" from the context menu.

"Layout name" box:

This displays the name of the selected layout. If you wish to duplicate the layout, enter a new name here. If the new name has already been assigned to an existing layout, it will be displayed in red and the "OK" button will be disabled.

"Proof Layout" option

If you enable this option, the layout is defined as a proof layout, i.e. the layout can only be printed with a proof output sequence.

"Force unique sheet names in the job" option

Forcing unique sheet names activates the automatic renaming of sheets, i.e. if this option is disabled, there is no automatic renaming. If this option is enabled, all sheets are renamed. You configure this type of renaming in the "Sheet naming" section.

It is a good idea to enable this option especially if the layout you wish to duplicate has at least one sheet name that is already in the job. In this case, this option should always be enabled to prevent duplicate sheet names from causing conflicts or disruptions in the workflow.

"Sheet Naming"

You can configure the renaming method by selecting one of the available rules and adding the parameters "Start number" and "Additional name" to it – depending on whether the rule can be used or not.

Note: When renaming automatically, the sheet name is retained while the sheet number is changed. The existing number is replaced with the new sheet number if the existing sheet name already has a sheet number where the new sheet number is to be inserted. In other words, a new number is not added to an existing sheet number.

The following sample designations are used in the examples below:

​•​Old sheet names: sheet1, sheet2 sheet3 etc.

​•​Additional Name: New-

​•​Start Number: 003

"Rename mode" list box

Here you select the rule according to which renaming should take place:

​•​"Additional name & existing name": The "Additional name:" box is editable. Enter the additional name here, in this example "New-". This additional name and the old sheet name are combined to form a new sheet name.

In this example, the following new sheet names are created: New-sheet1, New-sheet2, New-sheet3 etc.

​•​"Old name & number": The "Start number" box is editable. Enter the starting number for the automatic numbering here, in the example "003". The old sheet name is extended with consecutive numbers, starting with the start number.

In this example, the following new sheet names are created: sheet003, sheet004, sheet005, etc.

In this example, note that the new consecutive number replaces the previous number in the old sheet name and is not appended.

​•​"Additional name + number": The "Additional name" and "Start number" boxes are editable. Enter the additional name and the starting number for the automatic numbering here, in the example "New-" and "003". The new sheet names are generated exclusively from these expressions.

In this example, the following new sheet names are created: New-003, New-004, New-005 etc.

​•​"Number & Old name & Number": The "Start number" box is editable. Enter the starting number for the automatic numbering here, in the example "003". Each new sheet name is composed of the consecutive number at the beginning and end, and the old sheet name in the middle.

In this example, the following new sheet names are created: 003sheet003, 004sheet004, 005sheet005 etc.

In this example, note that the new consecutive number replaces the previous number in the old sheet name and is not appended.

​•​"Number & additional name & number": The "Additional name" and "Start number" boxes are editable. Enter the additional name and the starting number for the automatic numbering here, in the example "New-" and "003". The new sheet names are generated exclusively from these expressions, with the consecutive numbers inserted before and after the additional name.

In this example, the following new sheet names are created: 003New-003, 004New-004, 005New-005 etc.

The previous number in the old sheet name is replaced and not appended.

​•​"Layout name & number": The "Additional name" and "Start number" boxes cannot be edited. The new sheet names are composed of the layout name and a consecutive number, with the consecutive numbers always starting with 001.

For example, if the layout name is "LayoutB1", the following new sheet names will be created: LayoutB1001, LayoutB1002, LayoutB1003, etc.

"Start number" box

Enter the starting number for the consecutive numbering here (see examples for renaming method). As mentioned in the examples above, you can also enter leading zeros (e.g. 003).

The consecutive numbers are generated in ascending job, starting with the start number. The automatically generated numbers contain at least as many digits as the start number entered, i.e. leading zeros may be added (e.g. 004, 005, 006).

"Additional name:" box

Enter the "Additional name" here (see examples for the renaming method).

"Create New Page List" option

If this option is enabled, a new page list is automatically generated for the duplicated layout, which contains exactly one page placeholder for each page position defined in the layout.

If this option is not enabled, a page list is not generated for the duplicated layout.

"Page list name" box

The name of the new page list is displayed here. If necessary, you can change the page list name (the field is editable if the "Create new page list" option is enabled).

Button bar at bottom

Note: If new sheet names are generated that already exist in the job, the "OK" button is disabled and the entries in the "Start number" and "Additional name" fields are displayed in red. In this case, select different entries for the "Start number" and "Additional name" boxes and/or select a different renaming method.