I have a way of exporting a text in Indesign: tagged text. It seems like a small thing, but if I import a tagged text in Indesign, the reconstruction is perfect. But can anyone tell me how I can better understand this structure? It seems to me that the first part is about font styles and then the contents. Of course xml is simpler, but I would like to understand this better. Maybe it would be more awesome for me to use this if I was able to figure it out.
You have pretty much identified the features of tagged text: a style is defined and included in file, the style is referenced with a tag, the tag is applied to content. The Indesign tagged text format is limited to text only, no images, no flexibility with remapping to individual styles, etc.
Perhaps if you describe the task you are trying to accomplish, the forum could make suggestions.
I just used these tags to do what I wanted. It takes some practice to handle them. For example, some of the tags are related to styles. If you import text that has the same styles several times, you have to remove the definition part or they are loaded indefinitely by renaming them. Otherwise, however, I find it a very useful management tool if you generate tags externally as in my case.
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