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Excel document to populate a catalog in InDesign

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    • April 12, 2010 at 8:58 am #55491
      Rob Cubbon
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      I've been using InDesign for a while but never used XML with it.

      I've been asked by a client to see if I can take an Excel document and use it to populate a catalog in InDesign with maybe as many as 40 fields or so.

      The client also wants an ability to upload photos to the spreadsheet for inclusion in the catalog.

      With or without the image upload, is this possible?

      The Excel file may well be a file on Google Docs.

    • April 12, 2010 at 3:25 pm #55493
      Colin Flashman
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      an excel file is easier to deal with using indesign's datamerge function. however an excel file and XML file are two completely different things. XML is best dealt with by importing XML and in my experience there aren't many paper resources for XML into indesign for prepress people EXCEPT for this book: A Designer's Guide to Adobe InDesign and XML by James J Maivald. well worth its weight in gold, especially chapter seven of the book.

    • April 13, 2010 at 4:18 am #55497
      Rob Cubbon
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      Sorry, I knew you could use XML to import text to ID so I thought that was how it worked between Excel and ID. I'd forgotten about DataMerge. I think that could be the solution for this client. Cheers.

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