# Publications

### What are publications <a href="#what-are-publications" id="what-are-publications"></a>

The publications module of Struct PIM allows building autogenerated PDF's based on predefined templates in the system or XML exports of product data InDesign productions.

### Types of publications <a href="#types-of-publications" id="types-of-publications"></a>

Overall, 2 types of publications can be made in Struct PIM - PDF and XML.

* PDF publications are used for autogenerating PDF per product, for example a product sheet or a Multi page with frontpage, backside, index pages for a range of products.
* XML publications are used for autogenerating XML files with product data and asset references that can be imported to InDesign to aid the production of catalogues in InDesign