Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB
Date: 11 March 2012 | Posted by: auto-im
Lynda.com - Creating a Fixed-Layout EPUB (2012) | 984 MB
Genre: Video Training
In this course, author Anne-Marie Concepcion shows how to create fixed-width EPUBs to sell in the iBookstore. The course explores the fixed-layout EPUB format and files, providing a quick-start EPUB template to download, examine, and use to build simple fixed-layout files right away. The course explains how to get content from PDFs and InDesign files into an EPUB, demonstrates editing for fixed-layout settings, and covers modifying CSS to position content and proofing an EPUB on the iPad. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
Comparing fixed-layout and flowing EPUBs
Replacing placeholders in the fixed-layout template
Extracting content from PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Pro and Reader
Using free scripts to streamline fixed-layout production
Extracting text and its formatting from InDesign layouts
Exporting InDesign layouts to single-page HTML files
Adding viewport and orientation instructions
Embedding your own fonts
Creating faux text wraps around background images
Validating the EPUB
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