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INDESIGN CS3
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Export content to XHTML / Digital Editions
You can export a document or book as a reflowable XHTML-based eBook that is compatible with the Adobe Digital
Editions reader software.
1 Do either of the following:
• To export a document, open the document and choose File > Cross-media Export > XHTML / Digital Editions.
• To export an entire book, open the book and choose Export Book to XHTML / Digital Editions from the Book
panel menu.
2 In the XHTML Export Options dialog box, specify the desired options in the General, Images, and XHTML areas,
and then click OK.
Note the following:
• InDesign creates a single .epub file containing the XHTML-based content. The exported file includes a JPEG
thumbnail image from the first page in the specified document (or the style source document if a book was
selected). This thumbnail is used to depict the book in the Digital Editions Reader library view.
The .epub file is essentially a .zip file. To view the contents of the .epub file, change the extension from .epub to .zip,
and then extract the contents. If you want to customize the layout, you can edit the page-template.xpgt file inside in
OEBPS folder.
• Tables of contents generated in InDesign are not included. If you’re exporting a book, a new table of contents is
generated automatically. The table of contents includes links to all the documents in the book.
• Fonts are not embedded.
Digital Editions export options
The General section of the XHTML / Digital Editions Export Options dialog box includes the following options.
Include Metadata The metadata from the document (or the style source document if a book was selected) is
included with the exported file.
Export Style Names Only If this option is selected, text attributes for styles are exported to the stylesheets. If this
option isn’t selected, the stylesheet will contain empty styles.
CSS styles include the font name and size, line height, paragraph alignment, space before and after paragraphs, first
line indent, and word and letter spacing. Local text formatting, such as italicized words, is not retained in the style.
Bullets Select Map To Unordered List to convert bullet paragraphs into List Items, which are formatted in HTML
using the
tag with bullet characters as text.
Numbers Determine how numbers are converted in the HTML file.
• Map To Ordered List Convert numbered lists into List Items, which are formatted in HTML using the
• Map To Static Ordered List Convert numbered lists into List Items, but assigns a attribute based on the
paragraph’s current number in InDesign.
• Convert To Text Convert numbered lists into paragraphs that begin with the paragraph’s current number as text.
View eBook After Exporting Starts the Adobe Digital Editions Reader, if present. An alert message appears if your
system doesn’t have a reader configured to view .epub documents.