InDesign and XML

4.5
4 reviews
  • 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

£ 535 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Advanced

  • Methodology

    Inhouse

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • 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.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Inhouse

Start date

Different dates availableEnrolment now open

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.

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Reviews

4.5
excellent
  • 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.
    |
  • 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.
    |
  • Overall the course was very good. The teacher was very knowledgeable and the course was well structured.
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100%
4.6
excellent

Course rating

Recommended

Centre rating

Terry Money

5.0
26/07/2016
What I would highlight: 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.
What could be improved: Everything OK.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Darren Barrett

5.0
26/07/2016
What I would highlight: 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.
What could be improved: No negative comments.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Ben Boggis

4.5
26/07/2016
What I would highlight: Overall the course was very good. The teacher was very knowledgeable and the course was well structured.
What could be improved: Maybe the examples could be better.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes

Richard Crane

3.5
26/07/2016
What I would highlight: This training was perfect and the instructor's performance was great. We were involved throughout the course and met all expectations and objectives I had for it.
What could be improved: Nothing bad.
Would you recommend this course?: Yes
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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

£ 535 + VAT