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Balaji Murugesan
Balaji Murugesan
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March 6, 2025
Question

Table not recognize in InDesign while using the latest namespace

  • March 6, 2025
  • 2 replies
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Hi 

After change namespace in indesign from "http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/4.0/" to ""http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/2024/", InDesign not recogize the tables. 

If i made any mistakes in xml, if yes please decribed.

<Table xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/2024/" aid:table="table" aid:trows="2" aid:tcols="1">
<Cell aid:table="cell" aid:theader="" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="442.7142857142858" >
Some cell content
</Cell>
</Table>

Thanks

 

2 replies

Robert at ID-Tasker
Robert at ID-Tasker
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March 8, 2025

@Balaji Murugesan

 

Have you tried exporting a sample table as XML from InDesign?

 

Balaji Murugesan
Balaji MurugesanAuthor
Known Participant
March 9, 2025


The default export XML file from the InDesign application uses the Tables 4.0 namespace.

 

Robert at ID-Tasker
Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
March 9, 2025

Then why are you trying to use "2024"? 

 

    E
    Community Expert
    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 8, 2025

    Maybe you need to add row elements?

    <Table xmlns:aid="http://ns.adobe.com/AdobeInDesign/2024/" aid:table="table" aid:trows="2" aid:tcols="1">
  <Row aid:table="row">
    <Cell aid:table="cell" aid:theader="" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="442.7142857142858" >
      Some cell content row 1
    </Cell>
  </Row>
  <Row aid:table="row">
    <Cell aid:table="cell" aid:theader="" aid:crows="1" aid:ccols="1" aid:ccolwidth="442.7142857142858" >
      Some cell content row 2
    </Cell>
  </Row>
</Table>

     

    Balaji Murugesan
    Balaji MurugesanAuthor
    Known Participant
    March 8, 2025


    No luck.

     

    E
    Community Expert
    Eugene TysonCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 8, 2025

    I have one setup on the Mac but on my laptop traveling at the moment, I'll be back on Monday, and if nobody has replied by then let me know and I'll share the XML I have already for something similar. 

     

    I just cannot remember off the top of my head how it works and can't test it. 

     

    Touch base Monday if you have no further replies.

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