Adobe InDesign
Training Class
InDesign
XML
Integration
AGI instructors are certified Adobe InDesign Experts and authors of several books on InDeisgn. When you take an Adobe InDesign training class from AGI, you learn from the best instructors. These Adobe InDesign training classes are available at our New York City, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, or Philadelphia locations. Or this InDesign training class can be taught on-site at your location. Choose a class from the list at the right to get starting learning InDesign.
Adobe InDesign Training Class - InDesign XML Integration
- XML Essentials
- What is XML?
- The importance of XML for repurposing content
- Example XML Workflows
- XML Characteristics
- Sample XML Content
- Anatomy of an XML file
- Viewing XML
- InDesign CS4 XML Essentials
- The Structure Pane
- InDesign Tags
- Tag Markers and Frames
- Mapping
- Mapping Styles to Tags
- Mapping Tags to Styles
- Manually Tagging Text and images
- Tagging tables and table content for Export
- Exporting XML in InDesign CS4
- Importing XML in InDesign CS4
- Manually importing XML content
- Tagging objects to receive content
- Updating XML content
- Using DTDs in InDesign CS4
- DTD Overview
- DTD and Schemas
- Creating a DTD
- Elements within a DTD
- Attributes within a DTD
- Comments within a DTD
- Linking to DTD
- Validating XML to DTD
- Existing DTDs
- DTD Overview
Adobe InDesign Training Class - InDesign XML
Integration Topics Covered
If you create content for distribution across multiple channels, such as print, online, or for distribution or archiving, this Adobe InDesign training class will help you take advantage of the powerful capabilities of XML. This class starts with the foundation necessary for understanding and working with XML documents. It then moves into the specific capabilities for working with XML using InDesign, including generating valid XML from InDesign, and using XML as the source for your InDesign documents. No previous XML experience is necessary, but an understanding of all features covered in InDesign Level I and InDesign Level II is required. This class and content can also be customized for your organization or business, and delivered either at your location or in our classrooms. Updated for CS4. Contact AGI about this InDesign training class.
Adobe InDesign Training Class - InDesign XML Integration Overview
This custom class is designed to let you or your organization take advantage of the powerful of XML capabilities that are available within InDesign CS4. This course develops this skills necessary to prepare content so that it can be exported out of InDesign as XML, and to use XML to import content into your InDesign documents and templates.
Adobe InDesign Training Class - InDesign XML Integration Prerequisites
We recommend that you have the Adobe InDesign CS4 software before starting the class. You can purchase the software or obtain a trial version of it from the Adobe web site.
Adobe InDesign Training Class Level - InDesign XML Integration Course Materials
You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class developed by the Adobe Certified Instructors at AGI. AGI instructors that have created many of the official InDesign training guides and books for Adobe Systems.
Call 800 851 9237 to register for this custom class.
Regularly scheduled open enrollment Adobe InDesign training classes are available in New York, Boston, Chicago, Orlando, Philadelphia, and London, England. Custom and private Adobe InDesign training classes are available worldwide.
Private or custom Adobe InDesign Training
AGI offers customized Adobe InDesign training at your office or at our locations. Whether you need introductory Adobe InDesign training or advanced training, our Adobe Certified Expert instructors are available for all of your Adobe InDesign training needs.
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- - Call AGI at 800 851 9237 or 781 376 6044 to talk with a representative about our Adobe InDesign training courses
Adobe InDesign Training Class Locations
AGI offers regularly scheduled and private InDesign classes at our training centers. Adobe InDesign Training in or near Boston, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Orlando, and London. Visit our InDesign training class locations pages.
- Boston InDesign Training
- New York, NY InDesign Training
- Philadelphia InDesign Training
- Orlando InDesign Training
- Chicago InDesign Training
- London InDesign Training
About AGI's InDesign Training
AGI’s team of instructors have been teaching InDesign for more than a decade. They’ve written some of the best-selling books on InDesign, and have trained some of the biggest magazines, newspapers, and catalog publishers on how to get the best images and create desired effects. Adobe’s has called upon our team of experts to help train their employees—so you can be confident that you are learning from the best when you take a class with AGI or hire AGI to train your group.
- Learn more about AGI's InDesign Expertise (pdf)
- See AGI's Christopher Smith explain new features in InDesign CS4
- Review a chapter of the InDesign CS4 book authored by AGI instructors
- Request information for private or custom InDesign training classes
- Learn more about AGI's CS4 Expertise
- Review a sample of our InDesign training content with this InDesign tutorial.
Additional Resources for Learning InDesign
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Digital Classroom

AGI Instructors are the authors of the Adobe InDesign CS5 Digital Classroom book.
Adobe InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom

AGI Instructors are the authors of the Adobe InDesign CS4 Digital Classroom book.
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You can purchase the Adobe InDesign software or obtain a trial version of it at from the Adobe web site.
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