Converter Windows (InDesign CC and later)
The Convert plug-in for InDesign CC and later consists of two separate tools which can be opened from the Window > Extensions menu:
•StoreFront Converter: the tool that creates the package
•StoreFront Live Preflight: the preflight tool
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StoreFront Converter
This is where you create the ZIP package. The document is always preflighted in the background when you create the ZIP package but you can’t fix the issues.
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This tool consists of the following three panels:
Export Settings
Log File
The default location for a log file with details about the conversion. You can enter a different location and file name if you want.
Log Detail
Select the level of detail that you want to see in the log file: from Debug with the most information, to Verbose, Info, Warning and Error with the least information.
Document options:
•Convert gradient to PDF: Select this check box if the document contains complex gradients. Some gradient effects, such as circular multi-tone gradients, are not supported by the Online Editor. By converting such objects to PDF, their visual appearance remains unchanged in the customizable product.
•Include hidden layers: Select this check box to include all hidden layers in the document in your package.
•Use high resolution for locked layers: Converts everything on the selected layer to PDF and places it on the layer. See “PDF Conversion Settings for Locked Layers and Images”.
•Export selection only: Only converts the frames selected in the document.
Export to StoreFront
Source
This is a list of all the files you have open in InDesign. Choose the document you want to convert from the drop-down list.
Locked Layers
This is a list of the layers in the selected InDesign document. Select one or more layers that you want to lock. Locked layers are saved as PDFs in the package. If you lock the layers here, you cannot edit them in the StoreCenter Online Editor.
Go button
Starts the conversion.
Preferences
Language
Here you can change the language of the Converter plug-in.
The Export Settings and Preferences are saved for the next time you open the Converter plug-in.
StoreFront Live Preflight
The StoreFront Live Preflight tool allows you to preflight and fix the document while you are working in it, before you create the package.
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1 Choose Window > Extensions > StoreFront Live Preflight to open the preflight tool.
2 Open your document and click the Preflight document button to start the preflight.
A list of issues is displayed: errors have a red exclamation mark icon and warnings have a yellow triangle icon.
3 Select an issue in the list to display the details and how you can fix the issue.
4 In the Actions column you can click the arrow icon to go to the issue in your document.
5 In the Actions column, you can click the spanner icon to open the Fix dialog box which suggests ways to fix the issue. Select one of the fixes and click Fix or click Cancel to close the dialog box without fixing.
6 Click the Preflight document button again and the issue you just fixed should no longer be displayed in the list.
7 Repeat until the critical issues are resolved.
Errors must be fixed to be able to create the package.
NOTE: See “Conversion Recommendations” for more information.
Select the Real time preflight check box if you want to see preflight issues while editing your document.
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