Creating an InDesign Booklet Using XML

Hi, I'm Chad Chelius and welcome to Creating an InDesign Booklet Using XML. In this course I'll show you how to use XML and InDesign to populate the contents of a booklet or small catalog in an automated fashion. I'll start by showing you how to set up a document in InDesign in preparation for XML import and then we'll import the contents so that, with the click of a button, we'll have formatted and organized content in our final product. I'll explain to you what XML is and, in some cases, what it isn't. And I'll help you to understand basic XML terminology to help you to get familiar with the language.

I'll then show you how to take advantage of the features you probably already use in InDesign, such as paragraph styles, character styles, and object styles. I'll show you how to produce a finished product that can be updated quickly and easily on a regular basis with new data. I'm excited to show you how to take advantage of InDesign with XML integration and I'm happy that you're joining me for this course. Now let's go ahead and get started.