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Written by just me1 on April 23, 2008

Hi
I want to set up an XML document for updating our staff business cards.

I understand the concept of creating the business card template and applying styles to the following tags
eg:
employeeAddress
employeeEmail
employeeName
employeePhone
employeeFax
employeeMobile

I can't find info on how to create the variable "employee details"
that I need to import into my document.

to match the tags above eg:
123 Mystreet, Mytown, Qld, 4000
info@myemail.com.au
Jill Blogs
07 1234 5678
07 1234 5679
0419 0419 0419

I am obviously not searching for the correct terminology. Any suggestions most welcome.

thanks
Sue

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XML data

Hi Terri

Thanks for clarifying this.
kind regards
Sue

Submitted by just me1 on Mon, 04/28/2008 - 15:44.
2

Where variable details come from

Hi Sue,

If I understand what you're asking, the things that change in business cards -- employee name, title, etc. -- would normally come from a database. The process would look something like this graphic:

I took that graphic from an XML article in the June/July 2006 issue of InDesign Magazine (http://www.indesignmag.com/backissues.php). There's a follow-up article in the August/September 2006 issue, and we just published another XML intro article in the April/May 2008 issue.

I can give you a special discount on a magazine subscription (including all back issues) if you write to me at tstone@creativepro.com.

Terri Stone
Editor in Chief, CreativePro.com

Submitted by Editor in Chief on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 17:45.

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