The second thing to understand is that with the release of InDesign CC 2014, Adobe has added support for what is called 'Fixed Layout ePUB Format'. Adobe acknowledges this, and reinforces their commitment to minimizing your need to do this. There are still some things that will require 'cracking' the exported ebook file. The first is that even with Adobe's hard core commitment, there are probably going to be things that it can't do for you. There are perhaps two general things you need to understand about e-publishing with InDesign today. You can also make an interactive PDF, but alas I have not yet had time to do this. So, you can view Adobe CC’s 7 minute tutorial on how to make an Interactive PDF.Īnd if you want to do a whole host of interactive features with InDesign, then Lynda provide a 1hour 40 minute course for learning Fixed Layout ePub Interactivity (free trial but then subscription).InDesign has added ePub abilities to the latest InDesign

Wallah! Your ePub should arrive eventually in your ebook viewer. In the Meta Data tab, fill out your book details and author name.

Check your Viewing options (I use iBooks, but you can also use Adobe Digital Editions).Export - select ePub (Interactive), select ALL pages.To make the final ePub from Adobe InDesign, all you do is just:

To preview interactivity in an EPUB document, click Window > Interactive > EPUB Interactivity Preview.Īn Adobe tutorial about Fixed Format layouts. A whole host of animations are available to play around with. To do this, set the timing of the second image about 3 seconds after “on Page Load” and tick “appear and disappear image” on the first image. You can even replace one image with another, by using Timing. The creation of animations means that you can add a compressed video (.gif) or create a ‘slide show’ from the placed pictures (it’s called multi-state objects). For author-publishers, the fixed format ePub means their lovely typesetting including different fonts, drop caps and image placements, can stay in one place.

How to make a Fixed Format, Interactive ePub from InDesignĪs a format, ePubs are a beauty because they can be uploaded straight to Amazon KDP or Smashwords without haphazard formatting and imagery.įixed Format means that readers’ devices show pages one at a time, but they still have the ability to rotate their view or hit A+ to see smaller text.

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