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  1. InDesign User Guide
  2. Get to know InDesign
    1. Introduction to InDesign
      1. What's New in InDesign
      2. System requirements
      3. Common questions
      4. Use Creative Cloud libraries
    2. Workspace
      1. Workspace basics
      2. Customize your workspace in InDesign
      3. Toolbox
      4. Set preferences
      5. Touch workspace
      6. Default keyboard shortcuts
      7. Document recovery and undo
  3. Create and layout documents
    1. Documents and pages
      1. Create documents
      2. Work with parent pages
      3. Work with document pages
      4. Set page size, margins, and bleed
      5. Work with files and templates
      6. Create book files
      7. Add basic page numbering
      8. Number pages, chapters, and sections
      9. Convert QuarkXPress and PageMaker documents
      10. Share content
      11. Understand a basic managed-file workflow
      12. Save documents
    2. Grids
      1. Grids
      2. Format grids
    3. Layout aids
      1. Rulers
      2. Align and distribute objects using rulers
      3. Measure objects using the Measure tool
  4. Add content
    1. Text
      1. Add text to frames
      2. Threading text
      3. South-East Asian Scripts
      4. Arabic and Hebrew features in InDesign
      5. Create type on a path
      6. Bullets and numbering
      7. Glyphs and special characters
      8. Text composition
      9. Text variables
      10. Generate QR codes
      11. Edit text
      12. Align text
      13. Wrap text around objects
      14. Anchored objects
      15. Linked content
      16. Format paragraphs
      17. Format characters
    2. Typography
      1. Using fonts in InDesign
      2. Kerning and tracking
    3. Format text
      1. Format text
      2. Auto Style text
      3. Work with Style Packs
      4. Tabs and indents
    4. Review text
      1. Track and review changes
      2. Add editorial notes in InDesign
      3. Import PDF comments
    5. Spell check and language dictionaries
      1. Check spelling, autocorrect, and dynamic spelling
      2. Create, add, and manage dictionaries and words
      3. Change dictionary preferences
      4. Duden dictionary
    6. Add references
      1. Create a table of contents
      2. Footnotes
      3. Create an index
      4. Endnotes
      5. Captions
    7. Styles
      1. Paragraph and character styles
      2. Map, export, and manage styles
      3. Object styles
      4. Drop caps and nested styles
      5. Work with styles
      6. Leading
    8. Tables
      1. Format tables
      2. Create tables
      3. Table and Cell styles
      4. Select and edit tables
      5. Table strokes and fills
    9. Interactivity
      1. Hyperlinks
      2. Dynamic PDF documents
      3. Bookmarks
      4. Buttons
      5. Forms
      6. Animation
      7. Cross-references
      8. Structure PDFs
      9. Page transitions
      10. Movies and sounds
    10. Graphics
      1. Understand paths and shapes
      2. Draw with the Pencil tool
      3. Draw with the Pen tool
      4. Apply line (stroke) settings 
      5. Compound paths and shapes
      6. Edit paths
      7. Clipping paths
      8. Change corner appearance
      9. Frames and objects
      10. Align and distribute objects
      11. Linked and embedded graphics
      12. Integrate AEM assets
    11. Color and transparency
      1. Apply color
      2. Use colors from imported graphics
      3. Work with swatches
      4. Mix inks
      5. Tints
      6. Understand spot and process colors
      7. Blend colors
      8. Gradients
      9. Flatten transparent artwork
      10. Add transparency effects
  5. Find and replace
    1. Find and replace text
    2. Find and replace fonts
    3. Find and replace glyphs
    4. Find and replace using GREP expressions and queries
    5. Find and replace objects
    6. Find and replace colors
    7. Search options to find and replace
  6. Share
    1. Work with InDesign cloud documents (Beta)
    2. Common questions about InDesign cloud documents (Beta)
    3. Share and collaborate        
    4. Share for Review
    5. Review a shared InDesign document
    6. Manage feedback 
  7. Publish
    1. Place, export, and publish
      1. Publish online
      2. Publish online dashboard
      3. Copy, insert graphics
      4. Export content for EPUB
      5. Adobe PDF options
      6. Export content to HTML
      7. Export to Adobe PDF
      8. Export to JPEG format
      9. Export HTML
      10. DPS and AEM Mobile overview
      11. Supported File Formats
    2. Printing
      1. Print booklets
      2. Printer's marks and bleeds
      3. Print documents
      4. Inks, separation, and screen frequency
      5. Overprinting
      6. Create PostScript and EPS files
      7. Preflight files before handoff
      8. Print thumbnails and oversized documents
      9. Prepare PDFs for service providers
      10. Prepare to print separations
  8. Extend InDesign
    1. Automation
      1. Data merge
      2. Plug-ins
      3. Capture extension in InDesign
      4. Scripting
  9. Troubleshooting
    1. Fixed issues
    2. Crash on launch
    3. Preference folder read-only issue
    4. Troubleshoot file issues
    5. Unable to export PDF
    6. InDesign document recovery

Learn how to publish, share, and manage InDesign documents online.

The Publish Online feature of InDesign helps you repurpose your print documents by creating their digital version. You can publish and share any InDesign document, from a simple PDF to an interactive document with buttons, slideshows, animation, audio, and video.

Check out these sample interactive documents:

Publish an InDesign document online

  1. Open an InDesign document, and select File > Publish Online.

  2. Select the General tab to add the following information:

    • Title: Enter the name of the online document. This is also the browser title of the published output.
    • Description: Enter the description of the online document. You'll view the description in the Publish Online dashboard and on any social media forums.
    • Pages: Select to export All or a Range of pages from the current document.
    • Export As: Select Single or Spread to specify the display settings.
    • Allow viewers to download the document as a PDF (Print): Check this option to allow users to download your document in PDF print format.
    • Hide the Share and Embed options in the published document: Check this option to hide the Share and Embed options on your published document.
    • Allow viewers to Search and Copy text in the published document: Viewers can search and copy text from the published document. This option is enabled by default with InDesign 18.4 and later. You can search for text within your published documents on any device. However, you can only copy text from published documents on desktops and laptops.

    If you're republishing an existing document. Select Update Existing Document and select the appropriate document title from the Choose an existing document to update the drop-down list. Change the publish online settings as required.

  3. Select the Advanced tab to update the Cover Thumbnail, Image Settings, and Download PDF Settings.

    You can also select the Analytics tab to integrate Google Analytics to track the data of your published document.

  4. Select the Analytics tab to link your Google Analytics to your published document. You can also check the Enable cookie banner on my document to add a cookie notice.

    Note:

    Documents published from InDesign 19.0 onwards will no longer support integrated analytics from the dashboard. You can integrate Google Analytics to track insights into your documents.

    Analytics for documents published from the previous versions of InDesign will continue to be collected until October 15, 2024, after which no new analytics will be collected.

    You can download the existing analytics collected in version 18.0 or before will be available from the Publish Online dashboard.

  5. Select Publish.

    You can select Cancel Upload to stop the upload process or Close to minimize the dialog and continue working on other InDesign documents.

  6. After the document is published, you can View Document, Copy the link, Share it on social networks, or visit the Publish Online Dashboard.

Published document

The published online document provides a number of viewing and sharing options.

   Toggle Thumbnails icon

Show/Hide the thumbnail dock that displays the thumbnails for all the pages in the published output.

    Zoom in icon or

   Zoom out icon

Zoom in or out of the current page.

   Full Screen icon

View the current page in full screen mode.

   Share icon

Opens the Share Publication dialog that provides options to copy the current document URL or share the document on Facebook, Twitter, or by email.

   Download PDF icon

Download the output in the PDF-Print format. Appears only if you've selected Allow viewers to download the document as a PDF (Print) before publishing the document.

   Report Abuse icon

Opens the Report Abuse dialog. This dialog provides the options for the type of abuse and your details.

   More options icon

Select the Embed   icon to copy the code and embed the published document on your website.

Select the Volume   icon to turn it on or off.

   Find in page icon

Select More options   icon > Find in page   icon to search text in a published document. This option is available on touch devices only.

Recently published documents

The Recently Published menu displays the list of the last five documents published.

  1. Go to File > Recently Published to view the recently published documents list.

  2. Select a document to open in your default browser.

Publish online is now more secure!

On using embedded HTML content in InDesign documents, InDesign now supports select websites on publishing these documents online.

Any unsupported HTML content will appear blocked in the published document.

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