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Exporting and publishing
Last updated 11/30/2015
Include Document Metadata The metadata from the document (or the style source document if a book was selected)
is included with the exported file.
Publisher Specify the publisher information that appears in the eBook metadata. You can specify a URL for the
publisher so that someone who receives the eBook can visit the publisher’s website.
Unique ID Every EPUB document requires a unique identifier. A unique identifier is automatically created and
displayed. You can remove it and specify a unique identifier.
CSS Options Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a collection of formatting rules that control the appearance of content in
a web page. When you use CSS to format a page, you separate content from presentation.
Include Style Definitions When exporting to EPUB, you can create a list of CSS styles that can be edited.
Preserve Local Overrides If this option is selected, local formatting such as italic or bold is included.
Include Embeddable Fonts Includes all fonts that are embeddable, in the eBook. Fonts include embedding bits that
determine if the font is embeddable.
Add Style Sheet Specify the URL of the existing CSS style sheet, which is usually a relative URL, such as
“/styles/style.css.” InDesign does not check whether the CSS exists or is valid, so you’ll want to confirm your CSS setup.
Add Script Specify the URL of an existing JavaScript. InDesign does not check whether the JavaScript exists or is valid,
so you’ll want to confirm your JavaScript setup.
EPUB resources
Use the following links to learn about EPUB format.
• For more information on the EPUB specification, see www.idpf.org.
• Download a free copy of the Digital Editions reader at www.adobe.com/products/digital-editions.html.
• See the blog Digital Editions for information on Digital Editions.
• For information on exporting to Kindle, see the InDesign to Kindle white paper (PDF).
• Learn how to convert your InDesign files to the EPUB format and start selling your eBooks for viewing on the Apple
iPad. See the
InDesign to iPad white paper.
Export content to HTML | CS6 & CS5.5
Exporting to HTML is an easy way to get your InDesign content into web-ready form. When you export content to
HTML, you can control how text and images are exported. InDesign preserves the names of paragraph, character,
object, table, and cell styles applied to the exported contents by marking the HTML contents with CSS style classes of
the same name. Using Adobe Dreamweaver or any CSS-capable HTML editor, you can quickly apply formatting and
layout to the contents.
What gets exported InDesign exports all stories, linked and embedded graphics, SWF movie files, footnotes, text
variables (as text), bulleted and numbered lists, internal cross-references, and hyperlinks that jump to text or web pages.
Tables are also exported, but certain formatting, such as table and cell strokes, is not exported. Tables are assigned
unique IDs, so they can be referenced as Spry data sets in Dreamweaver. Placed audio and h.264 video files are enclosed
in HTML5 <audio> and <video> tags.
What doesn’t get exported InDesign does not export objects you draw (such as rectangles, ovals, and polygons),
hyperlinks (except for links to web pages and links applied to text that jump to text anchors in the same document),
pasted objects (including pasted Illustrator images), text converted to outlines, XML tags, books, bookmarks, SING