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Thomas24720605yzjl
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June 3, 2022
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Publishing Online

  • June 3, 2022
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I publish a school newspaper using In Design, we send it out to be printed.  I am curious about the Publishing Online feature of In Design:

1) Where is the online published file hosted?

2)  Could I put a URL to the online file on the school website and would it be accessible to everyone?

3)  Pros and Cons of doing this?

 

Thanks in advance

Tom in Washington state

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Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
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June 3, 2022

The "Con" I hear from clients about Publish Online files: there is no text search function. This is not a deal breaker with many projects, but it has been for some.

    Diane Burns
    Diane Burns
    Inspiring
    June 3, 2022

    To add to others' comments here, I thought you might enjoy these examples of interactive documents produced using InDesign and Publish Online: http://bit.ly/PubOnCollection

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      Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
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      June 3, 2022

      Another way to present an Publish Online document is using the embed code. This is an iframe code that allows you to place directly on your own website/page.

        Derek Cross
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        Derek CrossCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        June 3, 2022

        The document is hosted by Adobe.

        Yes, you can circulate a link.

        It's easy to do from your print version – try it and experiment, you can add links, animations, multi-media content and more!  You can even enable it so readers can download a (static) PDF version for them to keep and print out.
        The only disadvantage is that readers have to be online and you can't monetise it.

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          Thomas24720605yzjlAuthor
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          June 3, 2022
          Thanks so much! That really helps. The last thing I thought of is can someone alter the content of the PDF if they download it or while it is hosted online? That would be the greatest liability for us if someone was able to alter the PDF.

          Thanks so much for your quick response!
          Tom
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          Jeffrey_SmithCommunity Expert
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          June 3, 2022

          The online PDF cannot be altered, but changes can be made to the Indesign doc, then published again replacing the online document. Anyone with access to the Indesign document and the CC account that published the document could change content as well as the downloadable PDF.

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