Create an ebook in InDesign and learn how to convert your InDesign publication to EPUB.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Create a beautiful ebook in Adobe InDesign
- Ebook vs. EPUB
- Special features of EPUBs
- Fixed-layout EPUB vs. reflowable EPUB
- The anatomy of an EPUB file
- Jump in: Export an InDesign layout to EPUB
- Checklist for adapting InDesign layouts
- Start with a Word file
- Start-to-finish workflow guide
- Make a custom workspace
- Install ereader apps
- Install your first EPUB helper script
- Join your colleagues online
- Manage content export: Layout order
- Fix layout order problems
- Anchor images in the text flow
- Manage content export: Articles panel
- Create a navigation TOC
- Add an in-book TOC
- Create chapter and section breaks
- Clean up unwanted text with a free script
- Two special characters to pay attention to
- Convert local formatting to styles
- Replicate vertical frame spacing
- Prepare tables for optimal conversion
- About indexes, footnotes, and endnotes
- What to do with sidebars, pull quotes, and margin notes
- Embed fonts: Pros and cons
- Create a cover image
- Convert InDesign artwork to images
- Check linked image file names
- Manage image dimensions and file size
- Customize image position
- Wrap text around images
- Why you need to make EPUBs accessible
- Map text styles to HTML and CSS tags
- Add alt tags to images and objects
- Add semantic markup
- Use object styles for EPUB attributes
- What to choose in the General panel
- Text, Object, and Conversion settings
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Metadata panels
- Select a viewing app for rough proofs
- Validation tools for your EPUB files
- Proof for Kindle devices in the Kindle Previewer
- Utilities that help you edit EPUBs after export
- Proof on an ereader device
- Next steps
Taught by
Anne-Marie Concepción