Export PDF, IDML, EPUB and page images
Download files for print, reading, exchange and digital publication.
Applies to Design 0.8.0 on doc.et.
Choose the format by use#
Save the native DesignCraft document before creating a delivery file. PDF is the usual choice for a fixed page layout; the export dialog exposes page/output settings, marks, bleed and related options. PNG exports a rendered page. IDML provides an editable interchange package, but imported and exported layouts require visual review rather than an assumption of exact compatibility.
Reflowable EPUB lets content adapt to a reader’s screen. Fixed-layout EPUB preserves pages as images in this implementation, so it is not equivalent to live positioned text and CSS. HTML export creates a basic self-contained page rather than a complete multipage website. XML exports tagged content, while text export targets the story being edited.
- Save a native working copy and run preflight.
- Choose the export matching the reader or production task.
- Open the downloaded file in its intended viewer and check page layout, text and navigation.
Browser production boundaries#
Exports download through the browser. Print Booklet can produce an imposed PDF, but operating-system printer submission and folder packaging are separate desktop workflows. Do not use Package or Save a Copy as substitutes for the browser’s tested Save/download path. Multi-file book operations and CSV data-source selection also depend on desktop-style filesystem services that the web shell does not supply.
Feature reference
- Export fixed pages with supported production and interactive options.
- IDML
- Exchange editable page-layout content.
- PNG
- Export a rendered page image.
- EPUB
- Choose reflowable or image-based fixed-layout output.
- HTML and XML
- Export a basic web page or tagged content.
- Story text
- Export text from the active story.
- Booklet PDF
- Produce imposed printer spreads as a PDF download.
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Sources and edition notes
Adapted for the browser edition from the pinned Designcraft 0.8.0 source. Upstream documentation may also describe desktop workflows.
- crates/ui-egui/src/menus.rs — Browser export dispatch, native save, Package and Save a Copy paths.
- crates/engine/src/cmd/export.rs — PDF and image export implementation.
- crates/engine/src/cmd/interchange.rs — Publishing interchange commands.
- apps/designcraft-web/src/web.rs — Browser services and file downloads.
- crates/ui-egui/src/panels/datamerge.rs — Data source selection requires unavailable synchronous picker.
- docs/gaps.md — HTML and fixed-layout EPUB limitations.
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