Adobe InDesign CS5 - Manual (Page 598)

592 USING INDESIGN
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Last updated 11/16/2011
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“ Rearrange structured elements ” on page 588
Add a comment
1 Select the element about which you will comment.
Note: To add a comment to a table, select a table cell element. You can add comments to table cells, not tables.
2 Choose New Comment in the Structure pane menu.
3 Type the comment in the New Comment dialog box.
Add a processing instruction
1 Select an element for the processing instruction.
Note: To add a processing instruction to a table, select a table cell element. You can add processing instructions to table
cells, not tables.
2 Choose New Processing Instruction in the Structure pane menu.
3 For Target, enter a name that identifies the processing instruction to an application that reads exported XML files.
4 For Data, enter a value that tells the application what to do with the processing instruction.
View comments and processing instructions
❖ Choose Show Comments or Show Processing Instructions in the Structure pane menu.
Edit comments and processing instructions
1 Select the comment or processing instruction.
2 Do any of the following:
• Double-click the comment or processing instruction.
• Choose Edit on the Structure pane menu.
3 Edit the comment or processing instruction and click OK.
Use DTD files to validate XML
Validating the XML in a document means to compare the structure, element tag names, and attributes against the
specifications of a DTD file. To validate against a DTD file, you must first load it into your document in InDesign.
Note: Loading a DTD file imports tag names into the Tags panel. These imported tag names are locked; they can’t be
deleted or renamed except by deleting the DTD file from the document.
The DOCTYPE element appears at the top of the Structure pane if a DTD file has been loaded into your document.
(DTDs are sometimes loaded automatically when you import an XML file.) To replace the DTD file in a document,
delete the existing DTD and then load a new one.