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Create and load XML tags

Before you tag page items, create (or load) tags to identify each content type or item in your document. You can create tags from scratch or load them from another source, such as an InDesign document, InCopy document, or DTD file. Use any of the following methods to create or load XML tags for your document:

  • Create a tag with the New Tag command.

  • Load tags from an XML file or another document.

  • Import a DTD file.

  • Import tags (and content) using the Import XML command.

The Tags panel with a list of available tags

Create an XML tag

  1. Choose Window > Tags to open the Tags panel.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • Choose New Tag from the Tags panel menu.

    • Click the New Tag button  on the Tags panel.

  3. Type a name for the tag. The name must conform to XML standards. If you include a space or an illegal character in the tag name, an alert message appears.
  4. Select a color for the tag if you created your tag from the Tags panel menu. (If you created your tag with the New Tag button, you can choose a color by changing the color of the tag.)
    Note: You can assign the same color to different tags. The color you select appears when you apply the tag to a frame and choose View > Structure > Show Tagged Frames, or when you apply the tag to text within a frame and choose View > Structure > Show Tag Markers. (Tag colors do not appear in exported XML files.)
  5. Click OK.

Load XML tags from another source

You can load tags from an XML file, an InDesign document, or an InCopy document.

Note: InDesignatically adds tags to the Tags panel when you load an XML file.
  1. Choose Load Tags from the Tags panel menu.
  2. Select the file containing the tags you want to load into the Tags panel, and then click Open.

Change tag name or color

  1. Double-click a tag name in the Tags panel or choose Tag Options in the Tags panel menu.
  2. Change the name or the color of the tag, and click OK.
Note: You cannot change the name of locked tags. InDesign automatically locks tags specified in a loaded DTD file. To change the name of these tags, you must edit the DTD file and reload it into the document.