Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 594)

588 USING INDESIGN
XML
Last updated 11/16/2011
Rearrange structured elements
You can change the order and hierarchical rank of elements in the Structure pane. However, observe these rules:
• An XML document is required to have a single root element at the top of the structure. The root element contains
and is the parent to all other elements. Only the DTD (appearing as a DOCTYPE element), comments, and
processing instructions may appear above the root element in the Structure pane.
• Changes to the XML hierarchy structure may affect the appearance of tagged items on InDesign pages. For
example, making a text element the child of an element elsewhere in the structure also moves the text in the layout.
• You cannot drag a table cell element into a table element or move elements into a table element.
❖ In the Structure pane, do one of the following:
• To move an element, drag it to a new location within the structure. A line appears when you drag to indicate where
you are inserting the element. The width of the line marks the level within the hierarchy.
• To make an element a child of another element, either position it over the parent element to highlight it or place it
amongst the parent’s other child elements, and then release the mouse button.
• To demote an element by one level in the hierarchy, drag it just above another parent element and move it to the
left slightly until the line indicating its placement spans the width of the parent element.
• To copy or cut an element, select the element or elements in the Structure pane, and then choose Edit > Copy or
Edit > Cut. Select the element directly above where you want to insert the element, and choose Edit > Paste.
Icon Name Use
Root element Each document includes one root element at the top, which can be renamed but cannot be
moved or deleted.
Story element Represents tagged stories (one or more linked frames).
Text element Represents tagged text within a frame.
Graphic element Represents a tagged frame that includes a placed image. Each graphic element includes an href
attribute that defines the path or URL to the linked file.
Unplaced text element Unplaced text element not yet associated with a page item.
Unplaced graphic element Unplaced graphic element not yet associated with a page item.
Table element Represents a table.
Header cell element Represents a cell in the header row of a table.
Body cell element Represents a cell within the body of a table.
Footer cell element Represents a cell in the footer row of a table.
Empty element An empty frame is associated with this element.
Attribute Includes metadata, such as keywords or location of a linked image (HREF attribute).
Comment Includes comments that appear in the XML file, but not the InDesign document.
Processing instruction Includes an instruction that triggers an action in applications that can read processing
instructions.
DOCTYPE element Tells InDesign which DTD file to use when validating the XML file.