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Stix Hart

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Add the ability to use .xls and .xlsx files for Data Merge

Jun 1, 2011 5:29 PM

Who wouldn't like that?!

1195 Views 3 Replies Latest reply: Peter Spier, Jul 10, 2011 1:14 PM

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1. John Hawkinson,

Jun 1, 2011 5:39 PM in reply to Stix Hart

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Me! Me!

Or rather: I think the big empty part of Data Merge right now is its inability to handle XML input. Much as I detest XML, it seems like a lot of people would really like that to happen, it does appear to be a Web 2.0 -type technology that it's easy to get the InDesign Marketing team excited about.

It's easy enough to convert XLS/XLSX into CSV (or XML), so I think improving XML would be a better use of scarce resources...

(I can't believe I'm tossing out a vote in favor of XML. Kill me now!)

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2. Stix Hart,

Jul 5, 2011 3:16 AM in reply to John Hawkinson

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Good point, but this request is still relevant and was aimed at the user that doesn't have a clue what XML is!

Actually the main reason I came back here was to boost users going to www.indesign.uservoice.com, I think it's more relevant than these pages. Sure Adobe could totally ignore it if they wanted to but the fact it's already got a whole lot of useless ideas with 1 vote and a whole lot of good ieas with 50+ means something I think.

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3. Peter Spier,

Jul 10, 2011 1:14 PM in reply to Stix Hart

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Saw this on LinkedIn this morning: Fuga Technologies | Easy Automation and Dynamic Templates in InDesign

Not sure how they collect the money...

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