Chapter 2. InDesign’s XML Features

In this chapter we take you on a whirlwind tour of InDesign’s XML features, menus, panels, and commands. Having all this information in one place is handy for you any time you need to jog your memory concerning any of these items. It also reduces the need for repetitive instructions throughout the book. Remember, this is just a surface look at these features; we cover them all in depth in later chapters.

InDesign has a clean, straightforward implementation of XML that encompasses several aspects of the interface from the Layout view and Structure pane, to the Story Editor and InCopy. Believe it or not, the program has provided some support for XML all the way back to version 2—but it’s so well hidden that you ...

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