Adobe InDesign CS4 XML Integration (2 days)

This course is aimed at those already familiar with both basic and advanced InDesign features. It is particularly useful for those who repurpose data for distribution via several different media. It introduces XML and explains how it can be integrated into InDesign publishing workflows. Having been shown the basics of XML and DTDs, delegates will learn how to map XML elements to InDesign styles, create both independent and in-line placeholders for XML content and import XML files to automatically generate complete InDesign layouts.

Fundamentals
	About markup languages What is XML? XML and SGML How mark-up languages work Representation of document structure Multi-platform publishing Modelling content with XML

XML basics
	XML elements The root element Creating XML tags Parent and child elements Entities, PCData, and CData Element attributes White space Adding comments Well-formed XML documents

DTDs
	Overview of XML validation XML parsers Creating DTDs Internal and external DTDs


	Element declaration Attribute declaration Declaring internal entities Declaring external entities

InDesign XML basics
	Summary of XML features Typical workflows Using the Tags window Creating and editing tags Applying tags to text frames Applying tags to image frames Applying tags to inline frames Importing tags Show Tag Markers XML and InDesign tables XML and images

Importing XML
	Importing XML files Tagging preset options Mapping tags to style Manually formating XML Embedding style names in XML files Creating repeating elements Using XSL stylesheets

Using DTDs
	Industry-standard DTDs Importing DTDs Validating documents with DTDs

Exporting XML
	Tagging items for XML export Selecting elements for export Setting export options

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Adobe InDesign CS4 XML Integration (2 days)