Step 04

Compile & download

Everything is packaged in your browser — no upload, no server.

Summary

Project: Untitled catalog
Rows: 1
Block: 90 × 60 mm (3 text, 0 image)
Page: A4 — 210 × 297 mm
Grid: 1 × 4 per page
Flow: 0 rules · 0 separators · 0 page breaks
Total pages: 2
Total spreads: 1

IDML v15 (InDesign CC 2019+)

Native package with mimetype, designmap, resources, master spread, spreads, and per-frame stories.

Fonts are referenced by name. InDesign will substitute anything you don't have installed locally.

Merge variant paragraph stylesCollapse all styles that share a binding leaf (e.g. product.name → name) into one ParagraphStyle in InDesign, ignoring per-variant formatting differences. When off, variant styles are suffixed with the variant name (e.g. name_Featured).

Update an existing InDesign file

Your .idml is exported with XML tags on every data-driven text frame. After changing text or prices here, download the data-only XML and merge it into the document you already laid out — no re-export needed.

In InDesign: View → Structure → Show Structure.
Structure panel menu → Import XML…, pick the downloaded file.
Tick Merge Content and Create Link, then OK.
Later updates: re-download, then Links panel → Update Link.

Merging updates the text of rows that already exist. Added or removed rows need a fresh full export, since merging never adds pages.

Image bundle

Fetch every image mapped in your layouts and pack them into a single Links/ ZIP. Drop it next to your .idml so InDesign relinks automatically.