RE: [xsl] Quality between XSL:FO PDF and InDesign PDF

["byomokesh" <byomokesh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a solution for this, you can use scripting (visual Basic or apple
script).

You can define your own xml-format, apply an XSLT transformation and build a
new or change an existing InDesign file while walking through the resulting
DOM-Object.


It's not an easy solution. It might be worth the efforts.



Thanks and Regards,
Byomokesh
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-----Original Message-----
From: pankaj.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pankaj.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 1:34 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xsl] Quality between XSL:FO PDF and InDesign PDF

I am one of them, which is facing the similar problem with xml in 
InDesign, especially when it comes to editing XML (structure) in InDesign 
and roundtripping back to original with updated corrections. 

The biggest challenge is when changes are made to structure of imported 
XML (head1 changes to head 2 or head 2 changes to head3 and so on) when 
designer/compositor rarely understand XML and does the correction in it. 
Most of the time they are least interested in structure and more concern 
about the view leading to rework in correcting exported xml back to normal 
shape.

We are encouraging our designers with basic XML training to understand the 
XML in InDesign but if they try to work in that direction they loose 
creativity and productivity. we are working on the scope of how to handle 
the situation but the challenges are big.

Dorothy says:

If you would like to see a tiny sample of XML and non-XML content in 
full color combined in InDesign, drop me a line and I will send you a 
two-page spread in InDesign CS3 (Win) and the output PDF

Would appreciate to look into that. May be we can discuss this one to one 
without disturbing the spirit of the forum :-)

Best,
PC