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Chapter 2: Converting documents to Adobe PDF
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fter you’ve created a good document template for your eBook in its source application, you’re ready to think about converting your document to Adobe PDF. You can convert electronic files from virtually any application to Adobe PDF. However, the conversion method can vary between applications. You’ll find that most applications with the exception of Adobe InDesign™ use the last set of defined job options in Acrobat Distiller to perform the conversion. Therefore, it’s important that you set Acrobat Distiller job options for eBooks according to guidelines in this chapter before converting most documents. After you’ve set these options, convert your document to Adobe PDF using your authoring application’s Print command or another preferred method. For detailed instructions on converting specific file types, see “Converting specific file types to Adobe PDF” on page 37. If you’re working in Adobe InDesign or another application that doesn’t use the Acrobat Distiller job options to perform the conversion, you can skip this chapter and set job options for eBooks directly in the application. For detailed instructions on converting Adobe InDesign documents, see “Converting Adobe InDesign documents” on page 40.