FrameMaker XML inDesign XML imports

[David Creamer]

> What we do here is take let's say 100 products which include the
> image, descriptions, and all the corresponding sizes or colors in a
> table, and export from a filemaker database and then import into
> Frame. Frame streams all the information into the template -- all 100
> products -- where we then lay them out in the template. I can then
> take each individual product and apply a straddle here, resize a
> table there, etc. Each product is its own entity within frame.
> If I do the exact same import into InDesign, all 100 products become
> just one large text block and they lose their individuality and thus
> I lose the ability to design each prouct.
> Can that individuality somehow be maintained with ID??? Plugins
> perhaps???
> 
With InDesign, you might want to take a slightly different approach and look
at EmSoftware.com plug-ins: InData and InCatalog. (InCatalog can even
maintain a "live" link to your database.)

David Creamer
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