Publishing overview

Publishing is a tool that allows you to create a replica of a document. The replica, known as the publication document, can have its own security and property settings, as well as a different format than the original (or source) document such as HTML or PDF.

NOTE Publishing to HTML or PDF does not support document files with built-in or native passwords. Trying to publish a document with a built-in password could cause the RenderPerfect publishing system to become unstable.

The publication document:

You can also choose to publish a document many times, and set different options on each of the generated publication documents.

Publishing Components

Publishing consists of the following components:

Publishing Designer
A Workplace applet responsible for designing publish templates.
Publishing Handler
A software application responsible for transforming the content of a source document from one format into another format.
Rendition Engine
Two types of rendition engines are supported, the Rendition Engine which uses the Liquent® Rendering Engine for rendering and the DITA Rendition Engine which uses the DITA Open Toolkit for rendering.