Chapter 8. Exporting Your Work
In This Chapter
Looking at file formats
Exporting to different file formats
You can export publications into several different kinds of file formats from InDesign, just as you can import various kinds of file formats. In this chapter, we take a closer look at the different kinds of files you can create electronically from an InDesign document.
Understanding File Formats
What kind of file format you decide to export to depends on what you'll use the file for. The first thing you want to do is figure out what you need your content to do. Does the content need to be on a Web page, or do you need to send the file by e-mail? Do you need to import the content into a different program, such as Macromedia Flash or Adobe Illustrator? Do you need to take a particular kind of file somewhere else to print it?
Exporting your files to a particular format is how you can take your content from InDesign and make it "portable" for integration or display purposes. You can choose from a range of formats, and you can control many settings to customize how the file is exported.
You can export a file in several different file formats from InDesign. You can export to image files in the following formats:
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A commonly used method of compression for photographic images.
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript): A self-contained PostScript document, which describes an image or drawing that can be placed within another PostScript document.
XML (Extensible Markup ...
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