- I think that this lesson might be…the most valuable one in this entire course.…And interestingly, it has nothing to do with getting your…EPUB output to look exactly right.…It has to do with why it's so smart to use…InDesign as your EPUB authoring tool.…And that's because we have this wonderful…feature called Object Styles.…You know that, throughout this chapter especially,…I've been showing you all the different kind of…twiddly things that you'll need to do to your images…in order to get them to appear correctly…when you export to EPUB.…
Specifically, many trips…to the Object Export Options dialogue box…to add All Text, to change the custom layout,…to change what happens when it gets rasterized,…and so on.…All of these settings, and more,…can be saved in a single Object Style…just like we have Paragraph Styles…that save all the settings for…horizontal alignment, and typeface, and letting,…and so on.…It makes your work go so much faster.…Let me show you how this might work.…We have an image here, there's this nice lady,…
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6/29/2015- Choosing between fixed-layout and reflowable EPUB
- Creating an EPUB workspace in InDesign
- Managing the sequence of content
- Creating a table of contents for navigation
- Working with book files and Word documents
- Adding metadata
- Cleaning up text formatting
- Mapping text styles
- Optimizing images for EPUB export
- Exporting to EPUB2 and EPUB3
- Previewing and validating EPUB files
- Converting EPUBs to other formats
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 7s
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Using the exercise files1m 28s
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1. Understanding the Nature of EPUBs
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2. Setting Up and Testing
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Installing scripts5m 54s
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Gathering software5m 13s
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3. Preparing the InDesign Publication for EPUB Export
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Creating a navigation TOC6m 59s
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Creating chapter breaks5m 24s
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Adding semantic markup6m 38s
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4. Optimizing Text for EPUB Export
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Including a linked index4m 6s
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Embedding fonts7m 37s
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Using the free Typekit fonts5m 34s
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5. Optimizing Images for EPUB Export
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Creating a cover image5m 36s
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Creating wrapping text4m 19s
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Managing object size4m 5s
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Adding video to the EPUB4m 42s
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6. Understanding the EPUB Export Options Dialog Box
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7. Previewing and Validating EPUB files
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8. Converting the EPUB to Other Ebook Formats
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9. Keeping Up with the Field
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