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As I am preparing a catalogue in InDesign based on xml import. Ideal would be that the chapter titles would be imported as well as a variable/xml tag. That would mean I can have 1 xml file and 1 .indt . Is this possible? I experimented with running headers, but how to include this data in a xml?

The way I do it now:

  • for each chapter 1 InDesign template (24x)
  • and as many XML files to import (24x)

No problem, but I perhaps it could be done more efficiently.

thanks

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  • I’m having a hard time figuring out what exactly you’re trying to do here. What do you mean by ‘chapter titles’ exactly? What is a ‘variable/XML tag’? Why does there have to be an .indt file (that is, a document template, rather than just an InDesign document)? And how do the running headers fit in exactly? It is easy enough to match a specific tag to a specific paragraph style, which you’d use to make headers (‘titles’) in the document which can then be used as the basis for running headers. Is that what you’re looking for?
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    Feb 13, 2021 at 0:14
  • Perhaps I got the concept wrong, I will look into it again after your text.
    – numbernine
    Feb 13, 2021 at 8:45
  • The main issue is: I have an xml file with products, which all need to appear in different chapters. The xml has been structured as <items><item>product 1</item><item>product ..</item></items>
    – numbernine
    Feb 13, 2021 at 8:48

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