Exporting SVG Files

InDesign also lets you export documents in SVG (scalable vector graphics) format, which can be viewed on the Web. This format is also being used as the file format for graphics on mobile phones.

To set the basic SVG options:

1.	Choose SVG or SVG Compressed from the Save as File Type (Win) or Format (Mac) menu. The SVG Options dialog box appears . (See the sidebar on the opposite page for the difference between the two SVG options.) The SVG Options dialog box contains the controls for creating SVG and SVG Compressed files.
2.	Click the More Options button to see the complete set of controls for exporting SVG files . The More Options for the SVG Options dialog box contains additional controls for creating SVG and SVG Compressed files.

You can choose which pages or even which selected objects are exported as an SVG file.

To set the area or pages to be converted:

1.	In the Pages area, select All to export all the pages in the document . The Pages options in the SVG Options dialog box let you control which pages are exported into SVG files. or Select Range to enter specific pages. Tip Use the hyphen to select a range of pages such as 4-9, or use commas to enter individual pages such as 3, 8.
2.	If you have any objects selected, you can check Export Selection to convert just those objects into an SVG file.
3.	Check Spreads to keep pages that are within spreads together in the SVG file.

SVG files often contain dynamic content, which can be changed by databases that supply new information. You may want to embed fonts so that there are characters available for the new text.

To set the fonts for an SVG file:

1.

In the Fonts area, use the Subsetting menu to choose one of the following :

• None (Use System Fonts) does not embed any characters in the file.

• Only Glyphs Used embeds only the characters in the file. This may limit the ability to edit the text later.

• Common English embeds all the characters in English documents.

• Common English & Glyphs Used adds any non-English characters used in the document as well as the Common English characters.

• Common Roman embeds characters used in Roman language documents.

• Common Roman & Glyphs Used adds characters used to Common Roman.

• All Glyphs uses all characters in a font such as characters in Japanese fonts.

The Fonts Subsetting menu lets you choose how much of a font is embedded in a SVG file.

You can also control how placed images are embedded within an SVG file.

To set the images for an SVG file:

1.

In the Images area, choose Embed to add the image into the SVG file .

The Images Location controls let you choose to embed or link images in the SVG file.

or

Choose Link to have the image exist outside the SVG file.

Tip

Use the Link setting if you have many SVG files that use the same image.

If you select the More Options button, you have additional controls for SVG files . The Transparency Flattener section is identical to the controls in the Print dialog box (see page 477). You can also control the CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) properties in the exported SVG document.

To set the CSS properties:

• Choose one of the following from the CSS Properties menu :
  
  

  • Presentation Attributes has the highest level of properties and allows the most flexibility during editing.

  • Style Attributes creates a slightly larger file but is necessary if the file is used in XSLT (Extensive Stylesheet Language Transformation).

  • Style Attributes (Entity References) creates a smaller file.

  • Style Elements is used when sharing files with GoLive documents.

  The CSS Properties let you choose how much of a font is embedded in a SVG file.

  

You can also set how precisely the curves are drawn for vector shapes in the SVG file.

To set the decimal precision:

• Enter a value of 1 to 7 in the Decimal Places field to set how precisely the curves should be drawn.
  
  

  Tip

  The highest value results in a larger file size but creates the best image quality.

You can choose the encoding for the character set in the SVG file. Ask your Web designer which encoding is preferred.

To set the encoding:

• Choose one of the following from the Encoding menu :
  
  

  • ISO 8859-1 uses ASCII character encoding.

  • Unicode (UTF-8) uses an 8-bit level of Unicode encoding.

  • Unicode (UTF-16) uses an 16-bit level of Unicode encoding.

  The Encoding menu lets you choose how much of a font is embedded in a SVG file.