InDesign and XML
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The course was excellent. The objectives and expectations I had were met. The teacher was amazing and had a lot of knowledge. The class was interactive and everyone took part in it.
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This course was really well structured and the instructor was excellent! My impression overall is very good and I would recommend this course to others.
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Overall the course was very good. The teacher was very knowledgeable and the course was well structured.
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Course
Inhouse
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Advanced
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Methodology
Inhouse
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Duration
1 Day
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Start date
Different dates available
This course aims to show experienced InDesign features how to incorporate XML into their workflows. Delegates will be given an introduction into XML, DTDs and XSLT as well as importing and exporting XML into and out of InDesign.
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Start date
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About this course
This course aims to show experienced InDesign features how to incorporate XML into their workflows. Delegates will be given an introduction into XML, DTDs and XSLT as well as importing and exporting XML into and out of InDesign.
Reviews
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The course was excellent. The objectives and expectations I had were met. The teacher was amazing and had a lot of knowledge. The class was interactive and everyone took part in it.
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This course was really well structured and the instructor was excellent! My impression overall is very good and I would recommend this course to others.
← | →
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Overall the course was very good. The teacher was very knowledgeable and the course was well structured.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Terry Money
Darren Barrett
Ben Boggis
Richard Crane
Subjects
- XML training
- XML
- IT
- InDesign
- Export
- InDesign and XML on-site training
- InDesign and XML in-house training
- InDesign and XML training
Course programme
This course aims to show experienced InDesign features how to incorporate XML into their workflows. Delegates will be given an introduction into XML, DTDs and XSLT as well as importing and exporting XML into and out of InDesign.
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
Additional information
£450 for one-to-one training
£550 for groups of up to 6 people
£650 for groups of up to 12 people
InDesign and XML