Join Jim Maivald for an in-depth discussion in this video Building Flow layouts from scratch, part of InDesign CS5: Dynamic Publishing Workflows in XML.
There are times that you are going to find that you won't have an XML file to start with.…The entire XML workflow will start in InDesign and work backwards.…In this case, you'll have to create your XML layout from scratch.…It's not as hard as it sounds.…The first step as always is you create your layout in InDesign as you would in…any other document.…Place the boilerplate items on the master page that will appear on every…page, and the some text frame on the master page that help the data flow…throughout your document.…In this case, my first step is usually to create my layout.…
If you hold Ctrl+Shift, Command+Shift on the Macintosh to unlock your master…text frame, you can then insert your cursor and type in your placeholders.…In this case, we'll just use the words First, Last, Title.…In the next line we'll insert the picture, so we'll leave that blank for now.…Type the word Phone:, space.…Insert a placeholder. It doesn't have to be complete phone number.…It doesn't even have to be numbers.…
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Released
7/6/2010- Understanding XML terminology
- Identifying XML elements, attributes, and comments
- Adding, moving, and deleting elements
- Tagging and styling
- Creating tables with XML
- Building frame and flow layouts
- Ordering with XSLT
- Using the Document Type Definition in an XML workflow
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 16s
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1. Introduction to XML
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XML terms and rules6m 23s
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Comparing XML with HTML2m 14s
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2. Creating XML
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XML creation basics3m 16s
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Creating XML in Microsoft Office13m 25s
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Creating XML in XML editors2m 37s
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3. Creating and Editing Project-Based XML
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XML editing basics5m 23s
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4. InDesign's XML Features
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5. The Structure Pane
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Revealing XML content1m 14s
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Untagging elements1m 12s
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Mapping tags to styles2m 29s
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Mapping styles to tags6m 1s
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Adding untagged items2m 31s
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Exporting XML4m 33s
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6. The Tags Panel
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Working with the Tags panel2m 26s
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7. Importing XML
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Importing XML into InDesign3m 16s
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Importing XML into tables4m 32s
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Creating tables with XML3m 29s
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8. Creating an XML Layout
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9. Using XSLT in an XML Workflow
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10. Document Type Definition (DTD)
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Overview of DTD technology3m 29s
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DTD terminology3m 51s
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Overview of DTD syntax3m 30s
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11. Product Sheet Project
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12. Books and Manuals Project
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Setting up your file for XML3m 18s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye42s
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