Cooking with XML!

XML is everywhere today on the Web. Those three letters are becoming more and more familiar to visitors on all types of sites. News, weather, sports, you name it, they are all going to XML in a big way. Check it out! Go to your favorite site, scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will probably see XML or RSS. What’s this all about?

Learn how to use XML in InDesign from the expert. Funk & Associates’ Jim Maivald is an Adobe Certified Expert in InDesign CS2 and a practicioner of XML. In this unique hands-on environment you will learn what XML is, what it can do for you, and how XML can be used to produce a whole range of push-button publications, including:

• Business cards
• Direct Mail pieces
• Catalogs
• Books
• Pricelists
• ...and MORE!

In addition to learning how to create amazing publications at the click of a button, you will also learn how to repurpose your existing print or paper-based documents using XML. Reuse, reorganize, create completely different types of publications from your old material. Or, take an entire newspaper, magazine or book from print to the Web in seconds! It can be that easy.

In this Workshop, you will be led through a basic understanding of XML and guided around the pitfalls of implementing this technology. Learn how to avoid the mistakes common with new applications. You do not have to have any knowledge of XML or any experience with programming or coding. To get the most out of this training you should be an intermediate to advanced user of InDesign.

Call today to schedule your own customized workshop.