Importing Content

Publisher 2.0 creates the pages of your publications by importing external files. The current product version supports the import of PDF, JPEG, PNG, and SWF files.

In order to import external files, you should initiate the importing procedure in one of the following ways:

• Click on the "Import" button on the toolbar at the top of the window
• Press Ctrl + I on your keyboard
• Click the "+" button in the browser
• Select "Import > Import PDF files or images" in the menu
• Press the right mouse button over the list of pages in the browser and select "Add Pages" in the po-up menu

All of these importing methods are exactly the same, and you can use the most suitable one in every given situation

Note: PDF files can be imported only one by one. Thatmeans you cannot select multiple PDF files to be imported at once. Also, you can not simultaneously import a PDF file and images.

Importing PDF Files

To import a PDF file, you should initiate the import procedure using one of the methods described in the previous section, and then select the desired PDF file in the dialog box. After that, you will see the "Import" window shown on the Figure.

In this window you can select the pages to be imported, as well as select and adjust the conversion format for the pages.





Flash Player cannot display documents in PDF format directly, so we need to convert your PDF files into one of the formats supported by Flash Player. The conversion format (SWF, JPEG, or PNG) determines the type of files that will be created during the conversion of pages from your PDF file.

The recommended conversion format is SWF. Such pages contain high-quality vector text, and are the most suitable for viewing online. The only shortcoming of this format is that it is more resource- intensive from the point of view of the users of your publications. If you create publications for low- performance computers, it would be sensible to consider the using JPEG or PNG.

To initiate the conversion process, click the "Start" button in the lower right corner. Conversion of PDF files to SWF format is a long process, and for large documents it may take up to several hours. Conversion to JPEG and PNG formats is significantly faster.





During the conversion process, Publisher 2.0 not only creates the files for your pages, but also extracts the links, table of contents, alphanumeric data and images, in order to enable the full-text search and optimize your publication for search engines.

Importing JPEG, PNG and SWF Files

In order to import JPEG, PNG, and SWF files, you should initiate the importing procedure using one of the methods described in the previous section, and then select one or several files in the dialog box. After that, you will see the "Import" window shown in the Figure.





In this window, you can delete or add new files to be imported, and configure the quality of images and the size of pages. The order of pages of the publication can be defined immediately in the file list of this window or in the browser after the import.

The source PNG and JPEG files are converted to JPEG format taking into account the previously set quality and size settings. SWF files are not converted (such pages stay in the original SWF format). This allows you to embed interactive pages created in Adobe Flash into your publication. Publisher 2.0 supports ActionScript 3.0 SWF files.

To initiate the conversion process, click the "Start" button. The conversion of JPEG and PNG files is a rather quick process, but the conversion of SWF files requires more time. Please note that in order to import SWF files, you should have Flash Player integrated into your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser.

During the import of JPEG, PNG, and SWF pages, there will be no extraction of alphanumeric data, and even if your SWF files contain text, it will not be available for the full-text search.