{"id":5330,"date":"2026-06-11T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T13:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/script-exporter-2\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:16:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:16:57","slug":"script-exporter-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/script-exporter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Script: Exporter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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With this script, you can export InDesign documents to various formats\u2014from PDF to IDML to image files. And all in a single step! \nThis saves time and ensures a consistent export workflow.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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So, who can help you if you need to create multiple PDFs from an InDesign file?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The “killer feature” is definitely that you can export up to three different PDF files<\/strong> at once!<\/p>\n

Do you need a PDF\/X<\/i> and a low-resolution PDF<\/i> without bleed? No problem\u2014the “\u1d25 Octopus Exporter” will take care of it! <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Powerful Batch Export Tool<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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PDF, indd, idml, or Packaging<\/h4>

Which documents<\/b>
Here you can specify which files you want to process:
\u2014 the current one, which is visible in the foreground;
\u2014 all open documents; or
\u2014 the \"book\"

Isn't that great? You can export a PDF from all open InDesign files with just one command. You can't do that with InDesign's built-in tools! <\/i>

Note<\/i>:<\/b> The first PDF is given the same filename as the InDesign file. The second is given the extension *-2.pdf.
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Save location<\/b>
\"To destination folder<\/i>\" means that the export will be saved in the same folder as the InDesign document.
\"Relative to INDD<\/i>\" means that you can simply enter a folder name in the field. This folder will then be created next to<\/b> the InDesign file, and the exports will be saved there.
PDF<\/b>
: If you check both options, two different PDFs will be exported here upon request.
InDesign\/Save As<\/b>
... helps save disk space and make your InDesign run faster.
Export InDesign\/IDML<\/b>
... generates \"InDesign Markup Language\" files. See the box on the right.
Images<\/b>
If you need to, you can use this method to export the pages of your InDesign files as PNG or JPG files.
Packaging<\/b>
I'm sure I don't need to explain this feature to you. As you can see, there are various settings you can adjust.
If necessary, you can use this trick to create a third version of the PDF!<\/i><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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“Save as…”? Why is that? <\/h3>\n

Did you know that using the “Save As…” command often reduces <\/b>the file size of InDesign files <\/b>? InDesign optimizes the file structure, which can <\/b>result in significantly smaller file sizes in some cases. <\/p>\n

You’ll notice this when you open the files. Your server will thank you, too\u2014uploading to the FTP server or syncing to the cloud will be many times faster! <\/p>\n

Give it a try! And with “Exporter” from Octopus you can do this for all files in your job with a single mouse click. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why do I need the IDML export?<\/h3>\n

If you export an InDesign file as IDML, you have an image of the file in a pure XML form.<\/p>

If you simply open it again in InDesign, you won’t notice any (or hardly any) difference to the original file.<\/p>

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\u1d25 Octopus Exporter With this script, you can export InDesign documents to various formats\u2014from PDF to IDML to image files. And all in a single step! This saves time and ensures a consistent export workflow. So, who can help you if you need to create multiple PDFs from an InDesign file? The “killer feature” is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2454,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5330","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5330"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5334,"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5330\/revisions\/5334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.project-octopus.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}