She covers using inline objects, custom positioned anchored objects, and the new Articles panel. Readers will find the section “Placing Images and Controlling Export Order” very useful if they include images in their print books or have complex designs that include many small text frames.
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Castro shows a couple different options on how to create a good cover and walks readers through the proper dialog box settings. As she writes, “Styles are the key to formatting both print and eBooks in InDesign,” and she gives plenty of tips on how the handle them well.Ĭreating a cover for ePUBs has not been easy in previous versions of InDesign, but CS5.5 has improved the process immensely. She explains how creating a sample chapter with all the styles you are using in the book-something you may already be doing as part of your initial print design approval process-can also serve as an InDesign Template that will help you create the CSS for your ePUB. Next, Castro walks the reader through the creation of a book in InDesign with a focus on steps you can take to make the conversion to ePUB easier and better. If you are currently working with InDesign and ePUB creation, nothing here is going to come as a surprise to you. She begins with “InDesign to eBook in 10 Steps,” a list that might help you design a good workflow, and follows with a quick overview of what you can do in InDesign for print and whether it is possible in ePUB. In this miniguide, Castro points out the improvements that Adobe has made in the InDesign to ePUB conversion with CS5.5 and how best to take advantage of these improvements. If this is all new to you, you would be better served starting with ePUB: Straight to the Point then following it up with this new work. Instead, I’ll be explaining how to get the most out of the new features that have been recently added to CS 5.5 that have to do with creating EPUB format ebooks.” There are other ways to create ePUBs, but if you are creating print and ePUBs and are using InDesign, this book will be useful to you. That program, of course, is Adobe InDesign.” Second, “This is not a beginner’s guide to InDesign or ebook creation. First, while there are many tools for creating print books and for creating eBooks, “There is only one, however, that is useful for creating both professional-quality print books and ebooks. In the Introduction to this book, Castro points out two things. From InDesign CS5.5 to ePUB and Kindle highlights the improvements that Adobe has delivered with InDesign CS5.5 in the area of ePUB export and creation. This is the fourth miniguide that Castro has done that builds on her first ePUB instructional manual, ePUB: Straight to the Point. This week, Elizabeth Castro released a new ePUB miniguide, From InDesign CS5.5 to ePUB and Kindle. The cover of From InDesign CS5.5 to ePUB and Kindle
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