![]() The cursor will change to indicate it has the overflow text. Using the selection tool, click to select the overflow text by clicking on the little red plus sign in the bottom right corner as indicated in (8). (Ensure it has the correct master template applied to it.) Go to the page panel and create page two. The text box will indicate an overflow with the little red cross down in the bottom right hand side of your text area. If all went well, you'll now have a nicely flowed and formatted page one. Create a little XSL that applies a transform on import and check the Apply XSLT option. If you need to change the order of the nodes or sort the XML, you can do it here. You may wish to check: "Only import elements that match existing structure". ![]() You should choose the following options, although you can play around a little to find out what works best for you. To do this, click on the catalogue node (right click on a pc) then chose "Import XML". ![]() You may also want to re-use this template. If all goes wrong, you want to get back to this point. This area should be the one you spend the most time on! Once you are happy, the XML import will work. Apply general formatting that you require. If you do not see this, you should not progress as the import was not done successfully.Ĭreate new styles and map them to your XML tags. Note: The catalogue node is showing as a text node in the structure on the right. Your node structure should look something like the image to the right. This should import all your book data and flow in a default format. Now, do you have only one book node? If yes, then you are ready to place the XML.ĭrag the "catalogue" node into the text area of the first page of your catalogue. If there are more book nodes, cut or delete the additional books. Ideally the XML will have only one book node, but it doesn't matter if there are more. If you are not comfortable making these changes, email Alternatively use an XSLT on import of our XML with InDesign. You will probably need to change the path for images anyhow. You can make changes and then upload your own new XSLT to use. If the XML generated is not 100% what you require, then you can download our XSLT from the XML menu. You can get to this via the reports menu as seen below. We've created a standard catalogue report that generates XML in a good format. If you cannot see a line between the two text areas, check the InDesign help under "Thread text frames". The text area from the left page should flow onto the right page. We'll happily send you our template - at no cost - just email Ensure the text area on the master pages auto flow. If not, we'd recommend you talk to someone who does as it will save a lot of time in the long run. This is fairly easy to create if you know InDesign. (1) You'll need a base InDesign document (template). CS2 has some XML quirks that are not compatible with the system. We recommend you use InDesign CS3 or CS4 for catalogue generation. Support Catalogue Generation (Help) Catalogue generation using Onix, InDesign CS3 and XSLT
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