Understanding Renditions

A rendition is an alternate copy of content or an alternate content associated with an original content. For example, if you export a Microsoft Word document in PDF format, the result is a PDF rendition of the Microsoft Word document. You could also have a presentation of a business plan associated with a business plan document. Depending on your system configuration, you can create a rendition during content checkin and through a lifecycle. Renditions are version-specific and do not display in the Renditions widget unless the version matches.

Perform actions related to renditions as described in the following table:

Action	Description	How to perform this action
View renditions	View all renditions of content.	Open an instance of the Renditions widget and select content in a list widget.
Request rendition	Create a rendition of content. This command sends a rendition request to the configured rendition server.	Select content and navigate to Content > Request rendition from the menu bar, then click OK. It can take time for the rendition request to finish processing. If administrators configured D2 to run in thin client mode, you will not see the dialog box explaining that D2 is processing the rendition request.
Import a rendition	Import content as a rendition.	Select content and navigate to Import > Rendition from the menu bar. Navigate to and select the new rendition of the content. Click OK.
Export a rendition	Export content in a specific file format. Use the Renditions widget to locate and select different renditions. Note: Some expected elements within document renditions (such as watermarks and overlays) will not be present in the exported file unless certain permissions are granted and plugins are enabled within D2. Check with your administrator for assistance.	Right-click on content and select Export rendition. Select the file format you want to export. Click OK.