Insert a parent element, Work with attributes – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Last updated 11/16/2011
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Insert a parent element
Insert a parent element in the Structure pane to maintain the proper XML structure or organize content better. Before
you can insert a new parent element, you must select the elements that will be the children of the new parent. When
the new parent element is inserted, the selected child elements are demoted by one rank in the structural hierarchy.
With child elements selected (left); a newly inserted parent element includes the child elements (right).
1 In the Structure pane, select the elements that will be child elements to the new parent element you want to insert.
Note the following:
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You can’t select the Root or a root-level element.
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The elements must be on the same level of the structural hierarchy.
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The elements must be contiguous.
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The selection must not include table cells or attributes.
2 On the Structure pane menu, choose New Parent Element, or right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac
OS) and
choose New Parent Element.
3 Select a tag for the new parent element and click OK.
Insert a new parent element quickly by selecting Add Tag in the Tags panel and then clicking a tag in the panel. You
can also right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) an element you selected in the Structure pane, choose New
Parent Element, and then choose an element.
Work with attributes
An attribute provides additional information about an XML element. Each attribute consists of a name and a value.
Attributes appear in the Structure pane; they are not placed in the document or used as content in the document.
Include attributes with elements for the benefit of files and applications that will use the XML files you create in
InDesign.
When you tag an image, InDesign automatically creates an href attribute with a value that defines the on-disk location
of the image file. This href attribute allows other files and applications to locate the image on disk so it can be displayed.