importing XHTML/CSS content?

[David_Feldman@adobeforums.com]

As a consultant I tend to send my resume around a lot. I maintain it as a simple XHTML file, which gets passed through an XSLT transform and some CSS for display on my Web site. A printer-friendly CSS stylesheet tweaks it further when printed. I have another XSLT transform that lets me dump it into Word or a text editor in a simpler format that doesn't get screwed up in the transfer. The advantage here is that I have one master file so I don't need to worry about where I've updated it and where I haven't.

However, it would be nice to be able to put it into InDesign and combine with my ID-based print letterhead for situations where I'm actually handing it to someone. Is there a way to do this, either preserving the CSS formatting or assigning and replicating formatting to the elements in the XHTML file?

[Gerald_Singelmann@adobeforums.com]

InDesign cannot handle CSS.

InDesign can import XML, though.
You might get a workflow running with an XSLT that cleans your XML from the HTML-part and imports the resulting XML into an InDesign template, applying paragraph styles etc. on the way.

Since I have not done this myself I can't be more specific.

For further info on InDesign and XML, check here: <http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/xml_scripting.html>

Gerald

[David_Feldman@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, I'll look into it.

[pjredman@adobeforums.com]

If your file is xHTML compliant you should be able to import it directly into InDesign using XML import. The imported XML elements can then be mapped to InDesign paragraph and characters styles via the Tags palette.

Phil Redman