Export as graphic

The Export dialog provides a streamlined approach to exporting your publication or current page/spread to a common image file format by giving you quick access to standard export settings, as well as the ability to save custom settings as presets for quick reuse. The dialog also lets you publish as PDF.

The dialog displays a preview of what will be exported, which you can zoom and pan to inspect the effect of your choices. Resize the dialog to preview a larger area of your document at once.

Settings

Your choice of file format determines which other settings are presented on the dialog.

Commonly used settings are available in the dialog's File Settings section.

The Advanced section contains detailed settings for the currently selected format. When these settings are modified, your choices can be saved as a preset.

For descriptions of the complete range of settings and their availability by format, see Export settings.

To export:
  1. From the File menu, select Export.
  2. At the top of the Export dialog, select a file format.
  3. Adjust settings in the dialog's File Settings1, 2 section and, optionally, Advanced section. (All settings are explained in the Export Settings topic.)
  4. Click Export.
  5. Enter a filename, choose where to save the file, then click Save.

1 If specific page or spread ranges are selected using the Pages setting, exporting as a PDF will produce a consecutive set of pages on export, while exporting as a graphic file—for example, PNG or JPEG—will produce separate graphic files for each selected page.

2 If one or more layers is selected, the exported file can be trimmed to their boundary by setting Area to Selection Area or Selection Only, which include or exclude all other layers from the output, respectively.

Options menu To create a custom preset:
  1. From the File menu, select Export.
  2. At the top of the Export dialog, select a file format.
  3. (Optional) Select a Preset as the starting point for your custom preset.
  4. Adjust settings in the dialog's Advanced section.
  5. From the Preset section's options menu, select Create preset.
  6. Enter a name for your custom preset, then click OK.

Consequently, when the corresponding file format is selected on the dialog, the custom preset is available from the Preset pop-up menu.

Options menu To rename or delete a custom preset:
  1. From the File menu, select Export.
  2. At the top of the Export dialog, select the preset's corresponding file format.
  3. Select the Preset you want to rename/delete.
  4. From the Preset section's options menu, do one of the following:
    • Select Rename preset, enter a new name, then click OK.
    • Select Delete preset, then click Delete preset to confirm.

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