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:
- Can continue to exist after the source document has been deleted.
- Can be automatically deleted when the source document is deleted.
- Is not changed when the source document is changed.
- Can exist in a different folder than the source document.
- Can have a different file format than the source document:
- For the Rendition Engine, the source document might be one of many formats (such as Word®, Excel®, or PowerPoint®) and the publication documentation is either HTML or PDF.
- For the DITA Rendition Engine, the source document is a collection of DITA components and the publication document is a PDF 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
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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.