Adobe InDesign CS2 and XML

(1 day)

 

Background

This one day Adobe authorised course explores InDesign’s powerful support for importing and exporting XML allowing you to publish existing InDesign content to almost any media.

You will cover how to add XML tags to InDesign documents and export the contents to an XML file which can then be reformatted for the web, mobile devices, eBooks or even other InDesign documents.

Course Content

INTRODUCTION

UNDERSTANDING XML TAGS
Using the tags palette
Applying tags to graphics frames
Applying tags to text frames
Applying tags to blocks of text
Using bracketed tags
Creating your own set of tags

IMPORTING XML FILES INTO INDESIGN
Setting up a document for importing XML tags
Setting up your tagging structure
Using the Import XML command
Specifying whether imported elements should replace existing content or not
Appending imported content to existing content
Working with untagged elements

TAGGING AN INDESIGN DOCUMENT
XML tags vs. tagged text
Using the New Tags command
Editing tags
Importing and exporting graphics for XML
Adding tags based on PDF structure tags

XML TERMINOLOGY AND STRUCTURE
Understanding structure: using sequential and hierarchical relationships
Using parental elements and child elements
Using sibling elements
Dragging and dropping elements
Understanding attributes
Working with page items

PREPARING A DOCUMENT FOR EXPORT
Mapping styles and tags for XML
The Map Styles to Tags dialog box
Matching style names to tag names
Using Structure View to revise the levels of hierarchy
Using the Export command

INDESIGN AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
Using Adobe Acrobat structure tags
Using Article, Figure and Artifact

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS