Working with renditions

A rendition is a copy of a document in a format other than the original. Typically, the rendition is in a non-editable format and is distributed only for reference or hard copy printing while the original, editable source document is not distributed outside of the organization. Examples of rendition formats are Adobe PDF and Autodesk DWF. Renditions can often be created by the same application that is used to edit the original document or they can be created by a different application. In some cases, the renditions are stored in a separate vault or document management system than the source documents.

Meridian Enterprise supports renditions in numerous ways:

• Import of renditions with the Document Import Tool as described in About the Document Import Tool.
• Rendition viewing as described in Viewing renditions.
• Rendition viewing options as described in Setting appearance options and Setting personal preferences.
• Viewing of rendition properties as described in Viewing and editing properties.
• Printing renditions as described in Printing renditions.
• Automatic updating of renditions upon running a workflow transition.
• Updating of renditions on demand as described in Updating renditions.
• Drag-and-drop attachment of renditions to a document as described in Attaching renditions.
• Attaching renditions to email messages sent from PowerUser as described Sending documents from a desktop application.
• Automatic inclusion of renditions with source documents in briefcases.
• Specific rendition security privileges.
• Redlining renditions.

Meridian integrates with BlueCielo Publisher to render and publish renditions.

Working with renditions is described in the following topics.