Reply To: Excel document to populate a catalog in InDesign

Colin Flashman

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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.

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