InDesign XML Workflows

Training

In London

£ 595 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Training

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    London

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    Different dates available

On our InDesign XML 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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London
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United House, North Road, Islington, N7 9DP

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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.

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Subjects

  • XML training
  • XML
  • SGML
  • InDesign
  • Export
  • XML documents
  • CDATA
  • DTDs
  • XML and SGML
  • Importing XML
  • PCData

Course programme

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

InDesign XML Workflows

£ 595 + VAT