Import CALS table as Indesign Table

Hi All,
InDesign CS3.
Im working on NLM-DTD, When im importing the xml file into indesign template, i have checked the option "Import CALS table as Indesign table". So it is transfered to table format, after finished the pagination, i want to export the xml file, now the formatting of the table cells (italic, bold, etc) are not coming properly. so i have troubled with this.
Can you help me!!!
Regards,
sudar

Hello,
Thanks.
Yes, that worked fine. But the small XML file below, containing some titles and a table, does not work. I assumed that I could drag and drop the <informaltable> element onto the page and get a rendered table.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
<article lang="en">
<articleinfo>
    <pubsnumber>Some number</pubsnumber>
    <releaseinfo>Another number</releaseinfo>
    <title>A title</title>
</articleinfo>
<informaltable frame="all" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
    <tgroup cols="2">
      <colspec colname="col_1" colwidth="50*" />
      <colspec colname="col_2" colwidth="50*" />
      <thead>
        <row>
          <entry align="left" valign="top" namest="col_1" nameend="col_2">
            Some heading here
          </entry>
        </row>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <row>
          <entry align="left" valign="top">
            Some content in left cell
          </entry>
          <entry align="left" valign="top">
            Some content in right cell
          </entry>
        </row>
        <row>
          <entry align="left" valign="top">
            Some content in left cell
          </entry>
          <entry align="left" valign="top">
            Some content in right cell
          </entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
    </tgroup>
</informaltable>
</article>
Best wishes,
Sven

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Specifically, I tried to use the [Power Query -> From File -> From Folder] functionality, select an Excel file and add a custom column to access the binary content: [Add Custom Column] with formula "=Excel.Workbook([Content])".
It looks like Power Query expects a rectangular range with headers full-width followed by a contiguous table range to import anything, and refuses to load if that is not the case...
QUESTION: Is there any way to load whatever-formatted data from Excel first, and then manipulate the overall imported range (like referring to rows starting from 17th using "Table.SelectRows" etc.) to read the actual data? Reading and using
the metadata from header would be a bonus, but that comes second... The main issue is to get something from a non-regular Excel file to later work with using M formulae ...
Thanks!
SAM

Finally found the answer to this one in ():
You Cannot Open a Password-Protected Workbook
If the Excel workbook is protected by a password, you
cannot open it for data access, even by supplying the correct password with
your connection settings, unless the workbook file is already open in the
Microsoft Excel application. If you try, you receive the following error
message:
Could not decrypt file.
ANSWER: So, will have either weave in the work with temporary unprotected files or requires opening them before updating the data source (although this almost defeats the purpose of automation...)
ANSWER to ORIGINAL QUESTION: password was preventing Power Query from reading the Excel file. For solution see above.
Thanks anyway for participation and inspiration, Imke!

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