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Adobe InDesign Conversion to ePub
Short course
In Manchester ()
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Beginner
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Class hours
8h
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Duration
1 Day
Find out how to get your documents onto Kindles, iPads, and other devices as you join us to learn about the ePub digital-publishing format. Pick up some great tips and get ready to appeal to a wider digital audience.
We will help you learn about the ePub specification, including how to examine and put together an ePub package of your own. We will show you how to apply consistent styling to text, create an eye-catching front cover, and publish the final product ready for anyone with a tablet or eReader to read.
About this course
Our goal is to help you understand and implement the techniques necessary to convert your existing and new layouts to ePub format.
This course is intended for graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, and marketing communications professionals.
This course is intended for graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, and marketing communications professionals.
Ahead of taking this course the trainee must have a competent working knowledge of InDesign or has already taken the core XChange 2 day introduction to InDesign.
Please go to and head to the InDesign Conversion to ePub page. There is a book this course link on the page for you to complete.
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Subjects
- Options
- Adobe
- Image
- InDesign
- Adobe InDesign
- XHTML
- CSS
- IPad
- Kindle
- IPhone
- Sony Reader
- Nook
- ERader
- Articles panel
Teachers and trainers (1)
Adobe Authorised Trainer Certified
Adobe Expert
Course programme
This 1-day Introduction course will enhance your existing knowledge of Adobe InDesign by focusing on ePub, which is the digital-publishing format used to produce content for a wide variety of eReaders such as Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Sony Reader, Nook, and many more. We will show you how to take your existing layouts and publish them for these devices. With our help, you will learn how InDesign makes the publishing process straightforward, even if you have never used ePub before.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand the ePub specification
- Explore an ePub package
- Examine XHTML and CSS
- Control section breaks and image behaviour
- Apply paragraph and character styles
- Produce a front cover
- Use the Articles panel
- Convert to .mobi (Kindle) and other formats
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
ePub Overview- Examining the ePub specification (3.0)
- Examples of existing ePub documents
- Software and hardware solutions
- What works and what doesn't
- How to open the package (Mac and PC)
- Structure of content
- XHTML pages
- CSS definitions
- Software in the marketplace
- Understanding document flow
- Ways to overcome document flow issues
- Creating a front cover – options available
- Anchoring content inside the document flow
- Options for document and article flow
- Grouping elements
- Adding elements to articles panel
- Keeping content together
- Overview of paragraph styles
- Overview of character styles
- Using Find/Change to overcome widowed styles
- Defining measurements
- Examine suggested image sizes
- Full page images
- Controlling behaviour of images
- Using Live Preflight
- Creating a custom profile
- Exporting your profile
- Importing a profile
- Defining document structure
- Creating a TOC style
- Generating a TOC
- Updating a TOCFonts
- Issues surrounding fonts
- Embedded or defaulting
- Export options for fonts
- Adding documents into a book
- Rearranging document order
- Synchronise styles
- Controlling chapter layout order
- Document Metadata
- Cover
- Ordering
- Formatting options
- Image preservation (and overrides)
- Control control
- CSS options
- Viewing options
- Display in Adobe Digital Editions (ADE)
- Options for Windows
- Options for Mac
- Expand and compress (.zip)
- Opening ePub XHTML files
- Opening ePub CSS files
- Making edits
- Validating your ePub
- Convert to .mobi for Kindle
- Distribute
Additional information
All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-8 attendees on all sessions)
Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
6 months post course support to assist you where needed
Official Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Gregs
Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
Pads and pens
Adobe InDesign Conversion to ePub