Exporting – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Exporting
Dreamweaver (XHTML)
Copy and paste
Adobe PDF
Export text
Exporting content for the web
Export content to Dreamweaver (CS5)
Export content for EPUB (CS5)
Export content to Buzzword
Use the web color swatch library
Export text
You can save all or part of an InDesign story in file formats that you can open later in other applications. Each story in a document exports to a
separate document.
InDesign can export text in several file formats, which are listed in the Export dialog box. The formats listed are used by other applications, and
they may retain many of the type specifications, indents, and tabs set in your document.
You can save sections of commonly used text and page layout items as snippets.
1. Using the Type tool
, click in the story you want to export.
2. Choose File > Export.
3. Specify a name and location for the exported story, and select a text file format under Save as Type (Windows) or Format (Mac OS).
If you don’t see a listing for your word-processing application, you can save the document in a format the application can import, such as
RTF. If your word-processing application doesn’t support any other InDesign export formats, use a text-only format. Note, however, that
exporting in text-only format removes all character attributes from the text.
4. Click Save to export the story in the format you’ve selected.
To retain all formatting, use the Adobe InDesign Tagged Text export filter. For more information, view the Tagged Text PDF at
Exporting content for the web
To repurpose InDesign content for the web, you have several options:
Export a selection or the entire document to a basic, unformatted HTML document. You can link to images on a server
or create a separate folder for images. You can then use any HTML editor, such as Adobe Dreamweaver®, to format the content for the web. See
Export content to Dreamweaver (CS5)
Copy text or images from the InDesign document and paste it into your HTML editor.
Export a document to Adobe PDF and post the PDF on the web. The PDF can include interactive elements such as movies, sound
clips, buttons, and page transitions. See Dynamic PDF documents.
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