Please NOTE: I no longer recommend the use of PDFXML Inspector from Adobe and this presentation covers the use of InDesign version CS5 not CS5.5 which has significant impreovements in regard to ePUB export..
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Filed Under: InDesign • Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:20:03
Creating tab style menus horizontally across the page. Just showing the basics. First of all, some examples and then we dig into the HTML and CSS.
Errata: When I say menus on the right, I actually mean left!
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Filed Under: CSS and HTML • Web Media
Duration: 00:20:48
I have done something similar before but here is a fresh look at building a simple InDesign document, adding some paragraph and character styles and tags - and then building a relationship between them.
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Filed Under: InDesign • Publishing • XML
Duration: 00:20:40
From a public domain text and some pictures, we are going to create an InDesign document and then export for ePub.
Note: I am using version CS5 of InDesign not CS.5.5
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:30:29
In this screencast we find out how to use Photoshop to create an image with a background and text with a halo. The background is then saved as a JPEG for use in the CSS for the banner background, and the text is saved as a PNG file in 24 bit tranparent mode. This latter is then incorporated into the HTML for the banner.
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Filed Under: CSS and HTML • ExpressionEngine • Web Sites
Duration: 00:21:04
An audio recital of the text on a page is embedded and then controlled with a play and pause button. We show how to add an icon to a button.
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
We do all of the audio embedding in Acrobat Pro 9. The audio is prepared beforehand in a wave file format.
The screencast shows how to make the audio play on entering the page and stop on leaving the page. We also show how a basic button can stop the audio.
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
We place an audio file on a page in InDesign and then modify its appearance and behavior in Acrobat. We are using Indesign CS3 and Acrobat Pro version 9.
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FTP = File transfer Protocol. This is how we move files onto a web server for dlevery to a web browser.
Dreamweaver has a built-in FTP client and in this screencast we step through how to set a site up.
Here we look at templates and how they can be edited. We will observe that templates can be embedded in other templates and that by editing in one place, the changes will filter through to many parts of the site.
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Filed Under: ExpressionEngine • Web Media
As well as a PDF of the eBook we may also need an XML file to keep for future generations (maybe PDFs will not be readable in 20 years time!).
This Screencast goes through the steps to create an XML from the InDesign document.
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:16:35
Want to show an image when rolling over some text in the eBook? This shows how to do it.
We use a form button and place an ‘Icon’ on this button. We then create another botton to show the first button.
Music Credit: Oleg Galkin | This piece is called Flora
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Three basic methods of interactivity are shown:
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:15:06
In this session I look at how metadata set in the InDesign document will have an effect on what the users see on opening the PDF. The session looks at setting the initial view within Acrobat, so that the PDF shows the full opening cover page in all its glory.
Music Credit: Oleg Galkin | This piece is called Flora
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:07:33
This session covers:
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:09:32
Not the first time I have shown this. A useful way of making use of a WYSIWYG editor to change the style for your blog.
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Filed Under: CSS and HTML • ExpressionEngine • Web Media
Duration: 00:09:33
We look at what goes into a basic HTML document and how to apply styles with CSS. An important point is made about the use of standard HTML markup to get proper document structure.
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Filed Under: CSS and HTML • Web Media
Duration: 00:07:25
When adding graphics to an InDesign document there are some details worth knowing:
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:10.06
The page layout software, InDesign, is very powerful and there are several ways to integrate graphics with text. In this first session we look at:
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:12:25
If we source a public domain text on the web, such as those from the Gutenberg project, we may well find that each line of thext has a fixed length. This is because the text was probably scanned in and then converted to real text through OCR software. The text is laid out exactly as it was in the original source. This facsimile is not appropriate for our needs.
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Filed Under: Making Ebooks
Duration: 00:06:55
