XML does not inherently have 'presentation styles'-how the content of an XML file looks depends upon the way that it is formatted and used by applications. XML is typically used for creating HTML for web sites, but it can also be used to create rich text, PDF, or plain text files. (If you are new to these concepts, please refer to Adobe's InDesign CS built-in Help>Styles or see O'Reilly's Adobe InDesign CS5 One-on-One.) The power that XML brings to the InDesign world is summed up in the word 'interoperability,' which means that the same content in XML format can be used in multiple applications or processes, and not solely inside InDesign. In particular, you will need to understand the role that paragraph and character styles play in making InDesign documents that are consistently the same in their typographical presentation throughout a given document, or a set of documents using the same InDesign template. Generally the screen shots will be taken from InDesign CS5.We'll start with the assumption that you already know quite a bit about InDesign typographic styles and layout features because you want to use InDesign to do something with XML. Many features are not different from one version to another.

When there are important differences in the version's XML features, we will indicate for which version the screen shot or other information applies. XML Publishing with InDesign CS In this book, we will be referring to InDesign CS5, and previous versions of the program back to CS3, generically as 'InDesign CS'. 104 A Brief Note about IDML and ICML.106 Summary What InDesign Cannot Do (or Do Well) with XML 71 Advanced Topics: with XSLĪBrief Note about InCopy and XML. Looking Forward: InDesign as an XML 'Skin' 51 Exporting XML XML) 6 InDesign XML Publishing: Catalog Case Study The Advanced Topics section gives tips on using XSLT to manipulate XML in conjunction with InDesign.Ī Brief Foray into Structured Content (a.k.a. We 11 touch briefly on using InDesign to 'skin'XML content, exporting as XHTML, InCopy, and the IDML package. Underlying principles of XML structure, DTDs, and the InDesign namespace will help you develop your own XML processes. In this Short Cut, we 11 play with the contents of a college course catalog and see how we can use XML for course descriptions, tables, and other content. Some of the useful applications are importing database content into InDesign to create catalog pages, exporting XML that will be useful for subsequent publishing processes, and building chunks of content that can be reused in multiple publications. Hoskins Copyright ©2010 ISBN: 978-7-6 Released: October 1, 2010Ĭovers InDesign CS3-CS5 From Adobe InDesign CS2 to InDesign CS5, the ability to work with XML content has been built into every version of InDesign. OREILLY' Shortcuts XML Publishing with Adobe InDesign By Dorothy J.

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