Creating high fidelity page layout documents

A computer-based method for creating a high fidelity page layout document, comprising:

• adding an identifier to each element of a plurality of elements in a reflowable format document, the identifier being a value for a shading color, a background color or a text color, wherein the reflowable format document comprises a file that logically specifies a positional location of each element relative to other elements when the reflowable format document is generated as a viewable form and the reflowable format document comprises a first Extensible Markup Language (XML) file and comprises multiple different identifiers, each corresponding to a different type of element;
• creating a fixed page layout format document, including the identifiers, from the reflowable format document, the fixed page layout format document comprising a second XML file;
• parsing the fixed page layout format document into a plurality of elements based on the identifiers, each element being associated with an identifier;
• linking the elements of the reflowable format document to the elements of the fixed page layout format document based on the identifiers;
• and
• creating a high fidelity page layout document directly from the reflowable format document, the fixed page layout format document and the identifiers, each element of the high fidelity page layout document having a fixed position on a page.

A system for creating a high fidelity page layout document, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory, configured to create a high fidelity page layout document, the creating including:
• adding an identifier to each element of a plurality of elements in a reflowable format document, the identifier being a value for a shading color, a background color or a text color, wherein the reflowable format document comprises a file that logically specifies a positional location of each element relative to other elements when the reflowable format document is generated as a viewable form and the reflowable format document comprises a first Extensible Markup Language (XML) file and comprises multiple different identifiers, each corresponding to a different type of element,
• creating a fixed page layout format document, including the identifiers, directly from the reflowable format document, the fixed page layout format document comprising a second XML file,
• parsing the fixed page layout format document into a plurality of elements based on the identifiers, each element being associated with an identifier,
• linking the elements of the reflowable format document to the elements of the fixed page layout format document based on the identifiers, and
• creating a high fidelity page layout document directly from the reflowable format document, the fixed page layout format document and the identifiers, each element of the high fidelity page layout document having a fixed position on a page.