1. Chapter 6 Publishing to the iPad

2. Installing Software for Working with the iPad When you create layout in InDesign, you can use the Adobe Content Viewer app on the iPad to view the document. You must have a user account with Adobe to open and run the Adobe Content Viewer app on your iPad.

3. Adobe Content Viewer app icon Installing Software for Working with the iPad

4. Adobe Content Viewer for iPad Installed Installing Software for Working with the iPad

5. Uploading a layout to an iPad is done in InDesign using Digital Publishing Suite Desktop Tools. Installing Software for Working with the iPad

6. The Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) is a comprehensive software package that allows everyone from publishers to individual designers to publish their content on tablet devices like the iPad. Installing Software for Working with the iPad

7. Folio Builder panel before downloading DPS Desktop Tools CS6 Installing Software for Working with the iPad

8. DPS Desktop Tools CS6 functions in InDesign as the Folio Builder and Folio Overlays panels. You use the Folio Builder panel to upload layouts to the iPad, and you use the Folio Overlays panel to specify functions for placed audio and video files. Installing Software for Working with the iPad

9. Folio Builder panel activated Double circle indicates panel is signed-in Installing Software for Working with the iPad

10. The Adobe Content Viewer software allows you to preview the layouts you plan to upload to an iPad on your computer first. Installing Software for Working with the iPad

11. When you create an InDesign document for upload to the iPad, you choose the Digital Publishing option as the intent in the New Document dialog box. Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

12. Digital Publishing option in the New Document dialog box Intent Digital Publishing Specified for iPad Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

13. Document is set up for the iPad Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

14. An InDesign document for iPad can contain hyperlinks, sound files, and video files. You can create buttons to trigger sound and video files in an iPad presentation. Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

15. Video file placed in document Video file Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

16. Sound file on pasteboard Sound file Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

17. Remember, the iPad does not support Flash animation. Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

18. When you design a multiple page publication in InDesign for the iPad, they include all the pages in one document. This document is called a folio. Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

19. Package Publication dialog box Your location may differ Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

20. You can’t upload a multiple page document to the iPad. Instead, each page must be saved as a standalone file. Each of these standalone files is an article. Setting up a Document for Upload to iPad

21. When you are designing an InDesign publication for the iPad, you can place sound and video files as you normally would, with one important exception: in order for a sound or video file to play, it must be on the document page. Using Folio Overlays

22. When you download DPS Desktop Tools CS6, the Folio Overlays panel is downloaded and installed. You can use the Folio Overlays panel to specify when sound and video files play in a publication on the iPad. Using Folio Overlays

23. Folio Overlays panel Using Folio Overlays

24. The panel shows different categories of interactivity that can be utilized in a presentation, everything from simple hyperlinks to panoramas and image sequences. Using Folio Overlays

25. Any design work you do with buttons to play sound or video in an iPad presentation has to be done with the consideration that the button will remain on the page after it’s been triggered. Using Folio Overlays

26. Button formatted to rigger sound file Button formatted to trigger sound file Using Folio Overlays

27. Rather than use InDesign buttons, many designers prefer to use the controls available in the Folio Overlays panel. These controls are more standard for iPad and tablet device presentations than button triggers. Using Folio Overlays

28. Audio controls in the Folio Overlays panel Using Folio Overlays

29. While auto-playing sound and video files are fairly common in iPad presentations, you will find many times that you don’t want them to play automatically. Using Folio Overlays

30. If you leave the Auto Play check box unchecked, sound and video files will play only when tapped. Using Folio Overlays

31. How will a reader know sound and/or video files are available to be played? You could add artwork, a “play” button, or text that indicates that it needs to be tapped to be played for video or audio. Using Folio Overlays

32. Text indicates to tap the video to play and stop it Using Folio Overlays

33. The Folio Builder panel is connected to the Internet. When you click the Sign In option on the Folio Builder panel, the panel connects to your Adobe account using their Adobe ID and password. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

34. You can think of your Adobe account as storage space that they have online with Adobe. When you create a folio in the Folio Builder panel, that content is automatically uploaded to your Adobe account. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

35. The Adobe Content Viewer app on your iPad displays the folio that you upload to Adobe account; thus, using the Adobe Content Viewer app, you can display your layouts on your iPad. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

36. The folios on the iPad Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

37. The term folio refers to a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves – or four pages – of a book. In the Folio Builder panel, the folio is the complete publication – and it contains all the articles in the publication. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

38. Three folios in the panel Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

39. Tablet presentations—like those on an iPad— have three basic orientations: Portrait Only Folio, Landscape Only Folio, and Portrait and Landscape Folio. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

40. It is important that the orientation you choose in the New Folio dialog box is the same as the orientation of the articles that will be added to the folio. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

41. New Folio dialog box Landscape Only Folio Portrait Only Folio Portrait and Landscape Folio Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

42. You can add articles, open articles, rename articles, and assign formatting. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

43. Naming an article in the New Article dialog box Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

44. The formats listed in the menu are JPEG, PNG and PDF. These are all image formats. This is because InDesign documents are converted to images when they’re added to a folio as articles. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

45. The Smooth Scrolling option controls how you can swipe from page to page (article to article) on your tablet device. If Smooth Scrolling is activated, they can have half of one page and half of the subsequent page both visible on the tablet screen. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder

46. The folios you create in InDesign do not need to be saved. They exist in your online Adobe account and will appear and be accessible in your Folio Builder panel whenever you open InDesign and are connected to the Internet. Uploading to the iPad with Folio Builder