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IDML stands for InDesign Markup Language. IDML files are ZIP archives, containing numerous XML files. This set of files represent a complete InDesign document, including not only their design content, but also the settings and resources in effect when they were saved. Its primary uses are to provide some compatibility between documents created in different versions of InDesign, and to allow documents to be exported for manipulation by other tools.

IDML (InDesign Markup Language) is an XML-based format, introduced in Adobe InDesign CS4, for representing InDesign content. IDML is used in several InDesign and InCopy file types:

IDML files (or packages) are ZIP archives, containing numerous XML files. The entire set of these files represent a complete InDesign document. The files in an archive are described thoroughly in Adobe InDesign CS4 IDML File Format Specification. IDML files are identified by the *.idml file extension.

  • Snippets are IDML-based files that describe a subset of an InDesign document. They are not archives, but single XML files that contain IDML. The application UI, scripting facility, and plug-in API allow you to export snippets from InDesign. Most commonly, such a snippet represents a page item or group of page items. These type of snippets usually are identified by the *.inds file extension.
  • ICML (InCopy Markup Language) files are a special type of snippet. An ICML file represent s a single InCopy story using IDML. ICML files use the *.icml file extension.
  • InCopy assignment files are another type of IDML snippet. They are used to allow multiple writers to work on one InDesign document. Assignment files use the *.icma extension.
  • There are other features that leverage IDML; for example, exporting preflight profiles produces an IDML-based file
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    How to get story page number in an IDML Document?

    I require extracting the page number of a particular story in IDML Document. However, I'm unable to find any way to do so.There is a page tag in spread_xxx.xml describing pages in a spread. But that has no particular mapping to a story or…
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    How to find page number of an story in IDML Document?

    I'm new to IDML document and was wondering how can one find the page number of a particular story. Spread_XXXX.xml has Page elements which basically describes how many pages are in spread and TextFrame which references to the story. However, I could…
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    Strip a sentence with [bold] tags

    I need to make a script which generates this code: Agency FB …
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    IDML package import seems to work but nothing show in the document

    I've created a package idml and imported it without error into InDesign. It contains backingstorys and associated images. None of them have previously been placed into a document/layout. Nothing appears after the import is done. Is this expected…
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    Grouping across children of sibling elements

    I'm processing IDML files using XSLT. In IDML which is exported form InDesign, it runs consequtive paragraphs of the same style together, separated by
    tags, like this (my input XML):
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    exporting IDML Document to XML

    I want to know if there is a way where i can export a document created in InDesign to XML provided a DTD is given, when i tried to do one by selecting export option and format as XML, i got the below output.
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    how can I extract text from indd files or indesign files using python programs?

    I need to create an api where user will provide indesign file and I need to extract text from it.
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    how relationship application software(c#,.net) with Indesign?

    How to connect between AdobeIndesign and the application software(c#,.net)? I want create Preview of idml or indd file into application software? i can exacute idml or indd file of application software for edite in indesign? pleas help my. tanks.
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