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* Locate and select the InDesign project file containing the styles you want and click the Open button. | * Locate and select the InDesign project file containing the styles you want and click the Open button. | ||
** InDesign copies the character styles from that publication into the current document. | ** InDesign copies the character styles from that publication into the current document. | ||
http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/art_0600indesign_b/elementLinks/styles07.gif | |||
==Importing/Exporting styles== | |||
According to Lynda.com course [https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/Exporting-InDesign-styles-CSS-HTML/87008/94423-4.html Exporting InDesign styles for CSS and HTML] ''"InDesign writes and creates the CSS for you. This is not an option that I really recommend because InDesign, great as it is, does not write very good CSS. It tries to write CSS that is a very, very close match in appearance to your print layout and that's not necessarily Web-friendly.''" | |||
Besides the design spaces - the page and the screen have different properties and behaviors. | |||
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'''my.md''' is the markdown source filename. | '''my.md''' is the markdown source filename. | ||
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* [https://www.lynda.com/InDesign-tutorials/Welcome/87008/94350-4.html InDesign Styles in Depth] | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:25, 12 February 2018
ICML files
[edit]ICML files are essentially XML files, usualy managed by InCopy, Adobe’s own word processor, which can be easily imported into Adobe InDesign.
Importing ICML to InDesign
[edit]An ICML file can be imported into InDesign with File>Place
The present paragraph styles and chapter styles that were present in the manuscript which gave origin to the ICML are kept and included in the HTML file.
bold; italic; blockquotes; footnotes; headers; paragraphs; tables; lists.
Images are given an empty placeholder.
Updating content
[edit]If the ICML remains linked to the inDesign project, changes performed in manuscript, once converted to the ICML, will be integrated into the inDesign project.
inDesign Styles
[edit]See more in https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/paragraph-character-styles.html
Importing styles from another inDesign project
[edit]To import character and paragraph styles from another inDesign project:
- Choose Load All Text Styles from the Paragraph Styles panel menu
- InDesign displays the Open a File dialog box.
- Locate and select the InDesign project file containing the styles you want and click the Open button.
- InDesign copies the character styles from that publication into the current document.
http://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/art_0600indesign_b/elementLinks/styles07.gif
Importing/Exporting styles
[edit]According to Lynda.com course Exporting InDesign styles for CSS and HTML "InDesign writes and creates the CSS for you. This is not an option that I really recommend because InDesign, great as it is, does not write very good CSS. It tries to write CSS that is a very, very close match in appearance to your print layout and that's not necessarily Web-friendly."
Besides the design spaces - the page and the screen have different properties and behaviors.
Conversions to ICML
[edit]Pandoc can convert HTML and Markdown markups into ICML, since the file format is is essentially XML markup.
Example command:
pandoc -s -f markdown -t icml -o my.icml my.md
-s option, which stands for “standalone”, produces output with an appropriate header and footer;
-f option, which stands for “from”, is followed by the source format;
-t option, which stands for “to”, is followed by the output format;
-o option, which stands for “output”;;
my.md is the markdown source filename.
