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Adobe Digital Magazine Suite Whats new in drop 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview of publishing workflow Tutorials ...................................................................................... 2 ............................................................................ 3 Installing digital publishing authoring tools Creating InDesign files Overlay Creator panel Content Bundler Adobe Content Viewer
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replaces the AIR-based Interactive Overlay Creator application. This change means that you now create all interactive overlays natively in InDesign. Use the Overlay Creator panel to create overlays and change overlay settings. For some overlays (Hyperlinks, Slideshows, Audio, Video, and Pan and Zoom), create the interactive object in InDesign, and then use the Overlay Creator panel to change settings. For other overlays (360 Viewer, Panorama, and Web View), draw a placeholder rectangle, and then use the panel to specify the source. The size of the placeholder rectangle changes to reflect the source images for 360 viewers and panoramas.
Content Viewer for Desktop An AIR-based version of the Content Viewer is now available for testing .issue files (now
called .folio files) that you create. The Desktop Viewer currently does not support all the features, so use it only as a basic testing tool.
Issue -> Folio The new term for issue is folio. Folio better represents the file format by suggesting a series of printed matter bound together. The Content Viewer can also read .issue files created using earlier tools. No ID options Using the same overlay IDs in the horizontal and vertical layout is no longer required in most cases to provide continuity when the iPad is rotated. The Content Bundler uses the source assets and settings to determine related overlays. For slideshows, use the Object States panel to enter the same object name for the multi-state objects in the two layouts. Grid view in Viewer library The Content Viewer library now lets you display eight folios at a time in a grid view. You
of stacks accidentally. Enter a number where you want the stack to appear in sequence, and it moves to that place. Note that the stack order in the sidecar.xml file is used when you click New to bundle a file, but not afterwards.
Locked stacks while bundling The Content Bundler includes a new Locked column that lets you prevent stacks from
being updated when you bundleespecially useful when you just want to test the changes in one or two stacks.
Sign Out button in Viewer You no longer need to change your Adobe ID password to display the Sign In button. Archive button The Delete button in the Content Viewer library was changed to Archive. This change emphasizes that
tapping the Archive button removes the .folio file from the iPad but is still available for download.
Subscription services in Viewer When creating custom Viewers, publishers can now set up their own subscription
model that allows customers to subscribe to a magazine and receive regular downloads of .folio files. Customers can specify a range of .folio files that remain downloaded on the iPadespecially useful for news magazines.
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3G downloading You can now download .folio files to the iPad via a 3G connection.
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Getting your InDesign layout onto your iPad
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Step 1: Organize folder structure For the files to be bundled properly, they must appear in a specific folder structure with the required naming conventions. Each publication folio consists of one or more stacks. A stack can be an ad or an article. Each stack appears in its own folder inside a folio folder. In the stack folders, horizontal InDesign documents must include an _h suffix (such as article_h.indd), and vertical InDesign documents must include a _v suffix (such as article_v.indd). For details, see Setting up the folder structure on page 20. Step 2: Create layout in InDesign CS5 Create InDesign documents as the base layout for the digital content. You can create both a portrait (vertical) and landscape (horizontal) layout in separate documents for each article or ad, or you can limit your design to a single orientation. See Creating InDesign files on page 18. In addition to using InDesign files for digital content, you can also create HTML files for ads and articles. See HTML stacks on page 22. Step 3: Add interactive objects Use the Overlay Creator panel to create and edit interactive objects. See Overlay Creator panel on page 24. Step 4: Use the Content Bundler to create folio The Content Bundler exports a .folio file (previously called a .issue file) that can be loaded on the iPad or (later) to another mobile device. See Content Bundler on page 37.
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Step 5: Load folio on the iPad Install the Adobe Content Viewer, and then add the .folio file you created to the Viewer by either sideloading it in iTunes or downloading it from a fulfillment server. See Adobe Content Viewer on page 43. You can also test the .folio file using the Desktop Viewer. See Desktop Viewer on page 47. Step 6: Make your folios available to customers If you make your .folio file available to other people, they can add that folio to their Viewer app on the iPad through a process called sideloading. Once youve tested your .folio file on the Viewer, you can request to make your content commercially available on the iPad. For details, see the iPad Publishing Process Overview.pdf file in the Downloads section of the DMP prerelease site.
browse to the InDesign plugin (.zxp) file you downloaded. Double-click the .zxp file and follow the prompts to install. The Content Bundler requires this plugin to convert InDesign files to .folio files.
Overlay Creator (zxp) Launch Adobe Extension Manager CS5. Click Install, and then browse to the Overlay Creator
(.zxp) file you downloaded. Double-click the .zxp file and follow the prompts to install. The Overlay Panel lets you create overlays and change their settings.
Content Bundler (AIR) Double-click to install. The Content Bundler converts InDesign files to .folio files that can be
the iPad.
Adobe Content Viewer (iPad app) The Adobe Content Viewer is a generic version of the Viewer used for testing the digital content you create (it was previously called the Preview Tool).
Before downloading the new Viewer, we recommend that you remove the previous version of the Viewer from your iPad and from iTunes, and then sync your iPad. Then download the Adobe Content Viewer and sync again so that the Viewer appears on both the iPad and iTunes. The Viewer library includes a Sign In option. Signing in allows you to download content that you upload to an Adobe server for testing purposes. Your iPad must be connected to the internet for you to sign in using the Viewer. If you cannot sign in to the Viewer, open the Content Bundler, and try signing in. If you cannot sign in to the Content Bundler, click the Create an Adobe ID link and follow the prompts.
Tutorial Assets (zip) Unzip this file. It contains source files for stepping through the tutorials, along with a few overlay
examples. If you experience problems installing the tools, see Installation troubleshooting on page 48.
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Tutorials
These two tutorials walk you through the process of converting an InDesign CS5 layout to a digital format that can be read on the iPad. The first tutorial teaches you how to create a simple magazine ad and view it on the iPad. The second tutorial teaches you how to create and view a magazine article with interactive objects.
Completed folio displayed on the iPad A. Landscape (horizontal) view B. Portrait (vertical) view
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To use the sample files for this tutorial, download and unzip the TutorialAssets (.zip) file available on the prerelease site or Adobe Labs. View the InDesign documents The item that gets uploaded to the iPad is called a .folio file (previously called a .issue file). Each .folio file consists of one or more stacks. A stack can be an ad or an article. Each stack appears in its own folder inside a folio folder. A stack folder requires either one or two InDesign documents, and it can also include a .png file used as the thumbnail in the table of contents. In this tutorial, youll open separate vertical and horizontal documents with _v and _h filename suffixes. That way, users can rotate the iPad to view a different layout.
1 If you have not already done so, unzip the TutorialAssets (.zip) file, and browse to the Meridien_Folio folder. 2 In InDesign CS5, open the WiFi_h. indd and WiFi_v.indd files located in the WiFi_Stack folder. If prompted,
update the links. Notice that there are two images in each document, and each image has a different size to fit within the layout orientation.
3 Make sure that the files are organized in the appropriate structure.
We already created documents with _h and _v suffixes, and we placed these files in a stack folder inside a folio folder. We also created a 70x70-pixel file called tocPreview.png. This optional file appears as a thumbnail image in the Viewer table of contents. If you dont include a PNG file in a stack, the TOC image will be generated automatically during the bundling process.
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Valid folder structure A. Folio folder B. Stack folder C. Thumbnail .png file D. Horizontal and vertical .indd files with _h and _v suffixes
Bundle the files Now that the folio folder includes a stack folder with all the necessary files in place, youre ready to use the Content Bundler to create a folio file that can be added to the iPad.
1 If you have not already done so, install the Content Bundler and the InDesign plug-in.
Note: If you experience problems installing the InDesign plug-in, see Installation troubleshooting on page 48.
2 Launch the Content Bundler application. 3 Click New, browse to the Meridian_Folio folder, and click Select.
The Content Bundler launches InDesign and prepares the files for the iPad. Note: If the Content Bundler stalls, there may be a problem with a background process called Switchboard. For details, see Bundler troubleshooting on page 49.
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4 Enter the folio dataMagazine Title, Folio Number, and Folio Descriptionat the bottom of the dialog box.
Ignore the stack metadata fields (Title, Kicker, and so on) for nowwell go over those options in the next tutorial.
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5 Click Export Folio. 6 In the Export Options dialog box, choose Single File from the Folio pop-up menu and use the default export settings
for Dimension (1024x768 is the size of the iPad screen). Click OK. For the first tutorial, youre going to create a single .folio file so that you can sideload it to the Viewer. For the next tutorial, youll learn how to upload files to a test server.
7 Specify a known location of the file (such as the Meridien_Folio folder), type the name of the file, such as
MeridienTest.folio, and click Save. A prompt lets you know if the file exported successfully. The digital magazine .folio file is created in the folder you specified. Now youre ready to add that file to your iPad. View the bundled folio on the iPad The Adobe Content Viewer is a generic version of the Viewer that displays .folio files on your iPad. When you publish your content, youll have your own version of the Viewer with custom branding. Adding content to the Viewer from your desktop is called sideloading (as opposed to downloading from a server). Sideloading content is useful for testing .folio files on the iPad. In the next tutorial, youll learn how to upload the folio to a server and then download it directly to your iPad.
1 If you have not already done so, install the Adobe Content Viewer from the App Store on your iPad or from the
iTunes store.
2 Connect your iPad to your computer, and sync the device to make sure that the Adobe Content Viewer app appears
both in iTunes and on your iPad. The app appears on your iPad as Adobe Viewer.
3 In iTunes, select your iPad name in the Devices section, and then click the Apps tab.
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4 In the Apps tab, scroll down to view the File Sharing section.
5 Click the Adobe Viewer icon under Apps, click the Add button, and browse to the .folio file you created. Click
Choose.
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Completed folio displayed on the iPad A. Landscape (horizontal) view B. Portrait (vertical) view C. Hyperlinks D. Video overlays
Add an interactive hyperlink Lets create a hyperlink object for the D. I. Y. Meet logo. Well create an empty frame and apply a hyperlink to it.
1 In InDesign CS5, open Enjoy_v.indd. Its located in the Enjoy_Stack folder in the CityGuide_Folio folder. If
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3 Open the Hyperlinks panel (choose Window > Interactive > Hyperlinks), and then choose New Hyperlink from the
panel menu.
4 Select URL from the Link To menu, and type a URL address in the URL field (we used
http://www.bikeworks.org/). Deselect Shared Hyperlink Destination. Under Appearance, leave Invisible Rectangle and None selected. Click OK.
5 Open the Enjoy_h.indd document, and then copy and paste the hyperlink object from the Enjoy_v.indd file to the
Enjoy_h.indd file. Move the object over the D.I.Y. Meet logo. By default, hyperlinks open in an in-app Viewer, not in Safari. You can use the Overlay Creator panel to change settings so that it opens a website in Safari. Youll learn more about the Overlay Creator panel next. Create a movie overlay Movies you add to an InDesign document become interactive when you bundle the files. Lets add the video and then use the Overlay Creator panel to change the settings. Well add a cycling movie.
1 In the Enjoy_h.indd file, choose File > Place, browse to the CityGuide_Folio > Enjoy_Stack > Links folder, and
double-click cycling_432x234.mpg. Place the movie file in the upper right corner. The designers created a video image with a movie icon to indicate that the object is interactive. Next, youll use that image as the poster.
2 In the Media panel (Window > Interactive > Media), select Choose Image from the Poster pop-up menu, and
double-click cyclist.jpg in the CityGuide_Folio > Enjoy_Stack > Links folder. The new poster image is displayed. Now lets use the Overlay Creator panel to determine how the movie is played.
3 Choose Window > Extension > Overlay Creator to open the Overlay Creator panel. 4 With the movie object still selected, select Show Controller on Tap in the Overlay Creator panel.
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5 Using the Selection tool, copy the image, switch to Enjoy_v.indd, and paste it. Move it to the empty area on the first
page, and align it to the surrounding objects. Create a slideshow overlay Now lets create an interactive slideshow using the Object States panel. Weve already added the images to the second page of the vertical Enjoy file. Youll arrange them in a stack, convert them to a multi-state object, and create buttons that navigate through the slides.
1 Open Enjoy_v.indd in InDesign CS5, and turn to page 2. 2 Select the seven images between the red arrows, and then click the Align Horizontal Centers and Align Vertical
Centers buttons in the Control panel. Center the images between the arrows.
3 With the images still selected, choose Window > Interactive > Object States to display the Object States panel, and
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When your multi-state objects in the horizontal and vertical documents have the same object name, the state is remembered when you rotate the iPad. Now that youve created the multi-state object, you need to let users scroll through them.
5 Choose Window > Interactive > Buttons to display the Buttons panel, and then select the red arrow on the left. 6 Click Convert Object To A Button, and then choose Go To Previous State from the plus icon next to Actions.
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Now lets make the buttons appearance change slightly when the user taps it.
7 Click [Click] in the Buttons panel, and then click the Drop Shadow icon in the control panel. 8 Select the red arrow on the right, convert it to a button, apply the Go To Next State action, and give its [Click]
appearance a drop shadow. The buttons let users tap to move from image to image. Lets also allow them to swipe to advance through slides.
9 Select the multi-state object. In the Overlay Creator panel, select Swipe to Change State.
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10 Copy and paste the arrows and multi-state object from the Enjoy_v.indd file to page 2 of the Enjoy_h.indd file.
Move the arrows below the multi-state object for a better fit. Create a panorama overlay Lets create a panorama overlay. Panoramas require six images, with each image representing a side within a cube. We already created the images for you.
1 Open Enjoy_v.indd and turn to page 3. 2 Select the Rectangle Frame tool in the toolbox, and drag to create a rectangle of any size. 3 In the Overlay Creator panel, select Panorama. 4 Click the Source folder, and select the CourtyardPano folder in the CityGuide_Folio > Enjoy_Stack > Links folder.
Click Open. The placeholder rectangle assumed the shape of the panorama images, but we want the click area to be smaller.
5 Holding down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (Mac OS), drag a selection handle to resize the panorama
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Lets use the default settings for the panorama to provide full range of movement.
6 Copy and paste the panorama object from the Enjoy_v.indd file to page 3 of the Enjoy_h.indd file. 7 Save and close the InDesign files.
Organize the folder structure The Content Bundler uses the folder structure to determine which stacks are included in the folio and what they look like. Youll now make sure that the folio folder includes the necessary files.
1 Open the CityGuide_Folio folder. 2 Copy the WiFi_Stack ad from the Meridien_Folio folder to the CityGuide_Folio folder. 3 Make sure that the folio folder includes four stack folders. 4 Make sure that each stack folder includes two InDesign documents, one with an _h suffix and one with an _v suffix.
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The OverlayDemo_Stack article includes examples of all the current overlay types. Before you bundle the files, its a good idea to make sure that the InDesign documents do not have any missing links. If a document does have missing links, a yellow warning icon appears in the Content Bundler next to the Sign In button. Bundle the files Now that the folio folder includes stack folders with all the necessary files in place, youre ready to use the Content Bundler to create a set of folio files that can be uploaded to an Adobe server and subsequently downloaded to the iPad. Currently, when you bundle stacks, images filesPNG, JPEG, or PDFare created for each page of every stack. All non-interactive content on each page is compressed into these image files, and all interactive overlays appear on top of these image files.
1 Launch the Content Bundler. 2 In the Content Bundler, click Sign In. Specify your Adobe ID and password, and click Sign In.
The Manage tab is displayed. Lets switch back to Bundle view so that we can bundle the files and upload them to the server.
3 Click Bundle. 4 Click New, browse to the CityGuide_Folio folder, and click Select.
The Bundler launches InDesign and prepares the files for the iPad.
5 Make sure that Cover_Stack is at the top of the stack list.
When you bundle content for a server, the first page of the first stack is used as the cover. You can enter a number in the Order column to change the stack order.
6 Enter the folio data for Magazine Title, Folio Title, and Folio Description at the bottom of the dialog box.
The folio metadata is displayed in the Viewer library and in the navigation bar.
7 Specify metadata for each of the stacks. The metadata text is displayed in Browse mode on the iPad.
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The kicker is the section title of a magazine, such as Reviews or Editorial. If you click the cell of the Ads column, you indicate that the stack is an ad. Ads dont appear in the table of contents.
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8 To preview the articles, click the Switch To Thumbnail View button. Drag the slider to zoom in or out, and change
to Landscape. Click the Switch To List View button when youre done.
9 Click Export Folio. 10 In the Export Options dialog box, choose Multiple Files from the Folio pop-up menu.
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The Multiple Files option is required for folio files that are intended to be exported to a server. When you export multiple files, each stack becomes a mini .folio file within a main .folio file, making it easy to update, add, and remove individual stacks at a later time.
11 Select Upload To Server After Exporting, make sure that Free, Private, and Include Cover are selected, and click OK.
The Product ID and Status options will become more significant when you make your .folio files commercially available to the public.
12 Specify the location on your computer (such as the CityGuide_Folio folder) where the project files will be saved,
and click Select. If you need to re-bundle the folio, you can click Open in Bundler, and select the project.bprj file. Then you dont have to re-enter the metadata. However, if you make any changes to the stack files, click New, and bundle again.
13 When the folio is uploaded, click the Manage tab in Bundler to view the uploaded folio.
View the folio on the iPad In the first tutorial, you added content to the iPad directly from your desktop. In this tutorial, youll download the content to the iPad directly from the server.
1 If you have not already done so, install the Adobe Content Viewer on your iPad.
the Home button in the upper left corner to view the library. Sign in using the same Adobe ID information you used to sign in to the Content Bundler. Your iPad must be connected to the internet for you to sign in. If you have difficulties signing in, see Viewer troubleshooting on page 51.
4 When prompted, download and view the .folio file.
Rotate the iPad so that you can see both the horizontal and vertical versions of the file. Swipe left and right to view different articles. Swipe up and down to read an article. Last updated 12/1/2010
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Browse to the Enjoy article. Make sure the interactive overlays work. Tap a non-interactive area to display the navigation bars, and tap the Home button to jump to the beginning of
the folio. Tap the Table of Contents button in the upper-left corner to view the table of contents and thumbnails. Tap the Browse button in the upper-right corner for a birds eye view of the folio with the metadata descriptions you added. Drag the Scrubber to scroll through article previews.
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Adobe Viewer A. Home button B. Back Button C. Table of Contents button D. Browse button E. Scrubber
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Each document can have multiple pages and assets that differ in the horizontal and vertical orientation. Best practices for creating documents Turn off facing pages.
Use pixels for units of measurement. Using pixels is especially useful when snapping objects to grids. We
recommend choosing Web from the Intent pop-up menu when creating a new document.
For non-interactive images you place in InDesign, you can use any format, including PSD, TIFF, AI, and JPEG, and
you can scale them down. When bundled, the non-interactive objects on each page are compressed and converted into a single PNG, JPEG, or PDF file. However, you should use correctly sized JPEG or PNG images in overlays because overlay resources are not downsampled and increase the size of the .folio file.
To get the best color fidelity, use RGB color images instead of CMYK or LAB. Avoid running interactive objects into the bleed area. Snap objects to the edge of the document. When creating your issue, you can turn on Smooth Scolling for the horizontal or vertical layout, or both. Smooth
Scrolling is for long, single-page layouts. If Smooth Scrolling is turned on, create your design accordingly. For example, you may want to create landscape and portrait documents that are 1024x4000 and 768x5000, respectively. If there is too much blank space after you finish your design for smooth scrolling, turn on Layout Adjustment (choose Layout > Layout Adjustment). Then choose File > Document Setup and change the Height value.
Add background colors to a master page. If you want to use different colors for each page in the document, create
a rectangle shape the size of the page, apply a fill color, and arrange it to the back of the stack. To avoid selection problems, lock the background object.
Choosing Web isnt necessary, but it turns off Facing Pages and displays the measurements in pixels, making the layout easier to work in for mobile devices. If youve already created a document with Intent set to Print, you cannot change it to Web.
3 For Page Size, specify the dimensions of the device reader.
The iPad uses 1024 x 768. However, if you want to allow smooth scrolling, you can specify a custom page size (such as 1024 x 3000) to allow more content to be added to the one-page document. You then use the Bundler to turn on smooth scrolling for that article.
4 For Orientation, choose either Portrait or Landscape.
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Creating a document for a device reader A. Set Intent to Web B. Specify Page Size C. Choose Portrait or Landscape
5 If desired, follow the same procedure to create a second document. When you save the files, make sure that you
include an _v suffix for the vertical (portrait) document and an _h suffix for the horizontal (landscape) document, such as article_h.indd. If you prefer, you can also use _p and _l suffixes instead of _v and _h.
6 Design your documents.
Package files
If youre working as part of a production team, its a good idea to package your InDesign documents before you bundle the assets. When you package a file, InDesign exports the file itself, a Links folder, and a Document Fonts folder (if the file uses fonts) into a folder. You can then place these packaged folders into a stack folder.
1 Save the document, and then choose File > Package. 2 Make sure there are no missing or modified links, and then click Package. 3 Click Continue to skip the printing instructions. 4 Specify the location of the packaged folder.
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To be included in a folio, a stack must contain either one or two InDesign documents, depending on whether youre providing a single- or dual-orientation folio. If youre providing a dual-orientation folio, each stack should include two InDesign files, one with an _h suffix (such as article1_h.indd), and one with a _v suffix (such as article1_v.indd). Each stack folder can also include a PNG file (such as tocPreview.png) for the table of contents thumbnail. If a stack folder does not include a PNG file, the table of contents thumbnail is generated automatically based on the first page of the stack. The first page of the first stack is used as the cover of the folio. However, interactive elements are omitted from the cover. See Create a library preview cover on page 46. Overlay requirements The previous releases required a specific folder structure for overlay files. The source files for each overlay had to be in the OverlayResources folder, and the exported SWF overlay file from the Overlay Creator app had to be in the documents Links folder. While this approach is still valid, it isnt necessary. The Overlay Creator app is no longer used to export placeholder SWF files. Instead, you use the Overlay Creator panel in InDesign to create and edit interactive objects. For interactive objects such as panoramas and 360 viewers that require a set of files, make sure that the source assets for each overlay appear in a single folder. Do not delete this folderthe Content Bundler requires it to build the .folio file. If you move an assets folder, specify it again in the Overlay Creator panel. Folder structure When setting up the folder structure, you can various methods to organize your stack files. Files you link to in InDesign do not have to be in the stack folderthey can be in any folder where InDesign can find them. In fact, you can link to assets that appear in a different folio. However, we recommend that you keep your assets in the stack folder so that you know where to find them. For best results, keep filenames and folder names simple. Avoid using special characters.
1 Open the CityGuide_Folio folder. 2 Copy the WiFi_Stack ad from the Meridien_Folio folder to the CityGuide_Folio folder. 3 Make sure that the folio folder includes four stack folders. 4 Make sure that each stack folder includes two InDesign documents, one with an _h suffix and one with an _v suffix.
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Single-orientation folios
If each stack folder in your folio folder contains an InDesign file of only one orientatonvertical or horizontalthe exported folio file is locked into that orientation. For example, if you create stacks with only vertical (768x1024) InDesign files, that orientation remains in place even if the user rotates the iPad. The InDesign files still require an _h or _v extension in single-orientation folios. You cannot mix single-orientation and dual-orientation stacks in a .folio file.
HTML stacks
HTML-based stacks can be included in a folio and displayed in the Viewer. One advantage of HTML stacks is a much smaller file size that is better suited for weekly publications and simple, text-intensive articles. This user guide provides only minimal information about creating HTML stacks.
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HTML stack requirements You can create a single HTML file that works for both portrait and landscape orientations, or you can create separate HTML files for the two orientations. If youre creating a single-orientation folio, you need only one HTML file. If you want separate HTML files for portrait and landscape, add the _v and _h suffixes to the end of the HTML file names, such as index_h.html and index_v.html. Each stack folder must include at least one HTML file. The HTML filename does not need to be index.html. As is the case with InDesign stacks, each HTML stack can include a .png file for the table of contents. If a .png file is not included in the stack, the table of contents icon is generated automatically. Dynamic HTML (DHTML) files currently are not fully supported. If you include a DHTML file, the Bundler may freeze while trying to generate thumbnails. To avoid this problem, create thumbnails manually. For file structure, one method is to place all associated graphics and scripts for the HTML file in the individual stack folders. Another option is to place associated graphics and scripts for the entire folio in an HTMLResources folder. The HTMLResources folder must be at the same level as the HTML stack folders.
Regardless of which file structure method you use, make sure that you use relative paths in your HTML code. For example, if youre linking to an image in the HTMLResources folder, use this approach:
<img src="../HTMLResources/GlobalImage.jpg"/>
For information on creating hyperlinks to and from HTML articles, see Create navto hyperlinks for HTML stacks on page 27. Creating scrubber thumbnails for HTML stacks For InDesign stacks, the Viewer automatically generates the thumbnails that appear when you drag the scrubber. However, generating thumbnails for HTML stacks takes more time, sometimes resulting in poorly rendered thumbnails. To improve thumbnail performance in HTML stacks, you can allow the Bundler to generate thumbnail images based on the first page of each HTML stack, or you can manually add image files to the HTML stack folders.
To let Bundler generate thumbnails based on the first page of each HTML stack, select the Include scrubbers for
HTML stacks option in the Bundler.
To provide your own thumbnail images, create png files that are named scrubberthumbnail_h.png and
"scrubberthumbnail_v.png (you can also use _l and _p suffixes). There is no size restriction for these images, but note that they are scaled down proportionally to a height of 166 pixels. As a point of reference, when thumbnails are generated, landscape thumbnails are 221 x 166 pixels, and portrait thumbnails are 125 x 166 pixels.
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For slideshows, hyperlinks, audio, video, image pans, and scrollable content, create or place the objects in the
InDesign documents, and use the Overlay Creator to edit settings.
For 360 viewers, panoramas, and web views, draw a rectangle frame as a placeholder, and then select it and use the
Overlay Creator panel to specify the source and change settings. For 360 viewers and panoramas, the size of the images changes the size of the placeholder frame. You can then scale the frame. The Overlay Creator panel is still under construction during this prerelease drop. You cannot press Enter or Return to enter a value, and you may need to click twice to select an option. If you specify a value that is out of range, the value is changed to the nearest valid value without displaying an error message. Unlike the Overlay Creator AIR app, the Overlay Creator panel does not include ID settings for each overlay. In previous versions, using the same ID for the overlays in the horizontal and vertical layouts ensured that the interactive object continued instead of restarted. The Bundler now recognizes when the source files and settings for overlays are identical, so specifying the same ID for horizontal and vertical layouts is no longer necessary, with the exception of slideshows. For slideshows, use the same Object Name in the Object States panel for the multi-state objects in the horizontal and vertical layouts. Interactive overlays appear on top of the InDesign layout in the bundled version. If you mask or cover interactive overlays that you place in the document, the z-order will change in the bundled issue.
For source files to experiment with, see the OverlayDemo_Stack folder in the Tutorial Assets (.zip) folder. This folder is available on Adobe Labs and on the DMP prerelease site.
For panoramas, 360 viewers, audio skins, and local Web View overlays, create a separate folder for overlay files.
These source files are necessary for bundling.
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Do not move or delete the source folders for interactive overlays. If you move or delete an individual source file,
such as a video file, youll get a missing link warning. However, if you move or delete a source folder, a warning may not appear. Note: If you move or copy a stack folder to a different location, the Assets option in the Overlay Creator panel currently appears to lose its connection to the source folder for panoramas, 360 viewers, and audio overlays. However, the overlay should still bundle properly. If the overlay doesnt bundle properly, specify the source folder again.
For best results, create the source files for interactive overlays using the exact dimensions in pixels that they will
appear in on the iPad. In Photoshop and Illustrator, the File > Save for Web & Devices command is especially useful for saving image files with specific pixel dimensions, especially when repurposing large images from portrait to landscape and vice versa.
The Bundler does not compress the source assets of interactive overlays. To minimize file size, its better to use
JPEG images with medium compression (50-80% range) for the source files rather than PNG. Compressing overlay images can significantly reduce the size of the bundled issue.
For large text in overlays, use a PNG or JPG image with medium-high compression. For small text or detailed icons,
use PNG images.
When you place overlay files in InDesign, the frame size determines where you tap to activate the interactive
content. If you change the size of the overlay, use a Fitting option to fit content to frame.
The iPad has physical memory limitations. Adjacent pages with rich interactive content can cause memory
problems that result in the gray screen appearing. The Viewer renders multiple adjacent pages simultaneously to optimize navigation. Therefore, three adjacent stacks beyond 30MB will likely strain the available memory for the Viewer. In such instances, limit interactive content where possible, and stagger rich-media content with flat content.
Hyperlinks
You can create interactive buttons that navigate through articles, or you can create buttons that move to different slides in a slideshow. In InDesign, use the Buttons panel to convert objects to buttons.
Create hyperlinks
In InDesign, use the Hyperlinks panel to add hyperlinks. Creating hyperlinks is especially useful for jumping to a webpage, to a different article, and to a different page in the same article or a different one. For additional details on creating hyperlinks, see Create hyperlinks in InDesign CS5 Help.
1 Select the frame or text that you want to use as a hyperlink. 2 Open the Hyperlinks panel (Window > Interactive > Hyperlinks). 3 In the Hyperlinks panel, choose New Hyperlink from the panel menu. 4 In the Link To menu, specify any of the following options, and then click OK:
URL Tapping a URL hyperlink displays a web page.
Example: http://www.adobe.com Type the entire URL, including http://. When linking to an iTunes URL, deselect View in Context in the Overlay Resources panel. Otherwise, a Cannot Open Page error message appears when the hyperlink is tapped. Similarly, if you use an itms:// format to link to an app in the App Store, turn off View in Context.
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Email Tapping an Email hyperlink launches the Mail app with the To field filled in.
Example: mailto:username@mail.com
File Tapping a File hyperlink jumps to a different article within the folio. Page Tapping a Page hyperlink jumps to a different page within the article or to a page within a different article.
Navto Tapping a Navto hyperlink jumps to a different article, similar to the Page and File options.
The Navto hyperlink is especially useful for jumping to a text anchor in an HTML stack. The Text Anchor hyperlink is not supported.
5 To change hyperlink settings, select the hyperlink objects, and then specify these settings in the Overlay Creator
option is selected, the browser launches within the Viewer app. Deselect this option when linking to iTunes or itms:// URLs. Note: The Overlay Creator panel settings are not available for text hyperlinks. Currently, you cannot change settings for text hyperlinks; they are set to View In Context by default.
For example, if you want the button to jump to a website, create a text frame or place an image that refers to the website.
2 Open the Buttons panel (Window > Interactive > Buttons), select the object, and click the Convert Object To
Button icon.
3 For Event, choose On Release.
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Supported button actions A. Supported actions for hyperlink buttons B. Supported actions for slideshow buttons
Supported hyperlink actions include Go To Destination, Go To First Page, Go To Last Page, Go To URL, and Go To Page. Go To Next State, Go To Previous State, and Go To State actions are supported for slideshows. The Go to Destination action is useful for jumping to an InDesign document in another stack. If you create a hyperlink destination with a Page type (not Text Anchor), you can jump to that page. All other actionsincluding Go To Next Page and Go To Previous Pageare currently not supported. Buttons can have only one action.
Example: navto://newsarticle
Jump to anchor in HTML article You cannot jump to a specific page within an HTML article, but you can jump to an
anchor by typing navto://<foldername>#<anchor name>. Example: navto://newsarticle#part4 Note: To define an anchor in an HTML file, open the HTML file in a text editor, navigate to the text that you want to act as an anchor, and enclose the text with an anchor tag, such as <a name="part4">This is Part 4 of the Article</a>.
Jump to InDesign stack from HTML stack Use the navto format to create a hyperlink from an HTML stack to an
You can also navigate to pages within an InDesign stack by adding the page number after the document name. Note that the first page of the document is page0, and then second page is page1, and so on. Example:
<a href="navto://Cycling_Stack#3">Go to Page 4 of the Cycling Article</a>
Jump from HTML to HTML Use the navto format to jump from one HTML stack to another by referring to the folder
name. Example:
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Asset refers to the main pages, Thumbnails refers to the Browse icon images, and Scrubbers refers to images that appear when the user drags the scrubber. ResetHyperlinksToTopState means that any button with a Go to URL action displays the [Normal] state instead of the [Click] state. ResetSlideshowsToTopState resets the multi-state object to the top state of the multi-state object in the InDesign document. If you suppress overlays, reset settings do not apply. If ResetHyperlinksToTopState and ResetSlideshowsToTopState are not specified, the default behavior is to reset to top states for both slideshows and hyperlinks. Example:
SuppressOverlayTypesForAssets: slideshow SuppressOverlayTypesForThumbnails: hyperlink SuppressOverlayTypesForScrubbers: slideshow, -hyperlink ResetHyperlinksToTopState: All ResetSlideshowsToTopState: ThumbnailPass, ScrubberPass
If you type a minus sign before the overlay type, that overlay type will not be suppressed.
3 Save the file with the name, NativeOverlays.config. 4 Move the NativeOverlays.config file to the InDesign application folder using one of these methods:
Windows Move the config file to the same level as the InDesign.exe file. Mac OS Select the Adobe InDesign CS5 application icon, right click and go to Show Package Contents. Move the
Slideshows
Use the Object States panel to create a set of images for a slideshow. Each state, or slide, can contain multiple objects. For example, if you want a different text frame to appear with each image, combine the image and text frame on the same state. Note that interactive objects on a state currently lose their interactivity when bundled.
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see Create a multi-state object slide show in InDesign CS5 Help.) When you create a multi-state object, you insert images, align them in a stack, and convert the stack to a multi-state object.
2 In the Object States panel, specify an Object Name.
When your multi-state objects in the horizontal and vertical documents have the same object name, the slideshow maintains continuity when the iPad is rotated.
3 Create navigation buttons that browse through the states in the multi-state object.
You can use the Go To State action to refers to a specific slide, or you can use the Go To Next State and Go To Previous State actions. The Sample Buttons panel in InDesign includes a library of navigation buttons. If you use these sample buttons, delete the existing action and replace with a Go To Next State or Go To Previous State action.
4 If you want the button appearance to change when its tapped, click [Click] under Appearance, and change its
appearance. Changing the [Click] state corresponds to the select object when using the Overlay Creator to create slideshows. For example, if the [Normal] state button has a black frame and the [Click] state has a red frame, a red frame appears when the button is tapped on the iPad. (The [Rollover] state setting is ignored, because there is no such thing as a rollover on a mobile device.)
5 To change slideshow settings, select the multi-state object, and specify the following settings in the Overlay Creator
being loaded and the slideshow starting. Specify a value from 0 to 60 seconds.
Advance Every If Play On Page Load or Tap To Play/Pause is selected, the Advance Every value determines the
amount of time each slide is displayed before the transition to the next slide.
Play _ Time If either Play On Page Load or Tap To Play/Pause is selected, you can specify the number of times the slideshow plays. This option is dimmed if Loop is selected. Loop If either Play On Page Load or Tap To Play/Pause is selected, you can select Loop to play the slideshow continuously until the user double-taps the slideshow or turns the page. Tap to Play/Pause When selected, this setting lets users tap to play and pause an auto-running slideshow. Double-
reached going forward or the first slide is reached going backwards. This option affects only swiping.
Swipe to Change State When enabled, this setting lets the user swipe to move from slide to slide. Cross-fade When selected, this setting provides a fade transition when viewing the next slide. Specify the amount
of time it takes to transition from one slide to another. The value is 0.5 seconds by default. You can specify a value between 0.125 seconds and 60 seconds. This value applies to both auto-running and manually advanced slideshows.
Hidden Until Triggered If selected, the slideshow remains hidden until the user taps a button to display a slide. Reverse Image Order When enabled, the slideshow plays the images in reverse order.
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360 Viewer
The 360 Viewer lets users rotate an object 360 degrees on the mobile device. While the 360 Viewer is designed primarily for rotating objects, you can use it as a way of progressing through any sequence of images. The image files should be png or jpg, and they should have the same root name with ascending suffixes, such as Tower001.jpg, Tower002.jpg, and so on. Make the size of the images the same size as they will appear on the iPad, such as 500 x 400 pixels. The number of images you should use for the overlay depends on what youre trying to accomplish. If you use only 10 images to rotate an object 360 degrees, the rotation will not be smooth. For best results, use at least 25 images for a 360degree rotation. However, if you use too many images, youll increase the size of the folio unnecessarily. To reduce file size, use JPEG images compressed in the 50-80% range. You can use a number of different methods to create images of a 3D object. One method is to use Adobe Photoshop Extended to create images of a 3D object, with each image rotated by a few degrees. You can use Adobe Flash Professional to export frames from an animation. You can use Google SketchUp to draw a 3D model and export the images. You can also use a 3D authoring application to generate images of a 3D model.
1 Create the source assets for the 360 Viewer object, and place them in a folder. 2 Using the Rectangle Tool or Rectangle Frame Tool, draw a placeholder rectangle object. 3 Select the placeholder object, open the Overlay Creator panel (Window > Extensions > Overlay Creator), and select
360 Viewer.
4 In the Overlay Creator panel, click the Assets folder icon, locate the folder containing the images, and click Open. 5 If necessary, scale the frame and its contents to fit in your layout. 6 Specify the following settings in the Overlay Creator panel:
Use First/Last Image As Initial View Selecting this option uses the first image as the poster. If Reverse Image Order
being loaded and the 360 Viewer starting. Specify a value from 0 to 60 seconds.
Speed Change the speed of the objects progression in frames per second. The minimum number is 1 (1 frame per
If Allow Swipe is not selected, either Auto Start or Tap to Play/Pause must be selected.
Stop at First/Last Image You can determine whether the object stops playing or continues when the last image is
reached going forward or the first image is reached going backwards. This option affects only swiping.
Reverse Image Order When enabled, the 360 Viewer plays the images in reverse order.
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Audio
The audio file must be an MP3 file.
1 Choose File > Place, and place the MP3 audio file in your document. 2 Select the placed object, open the Media panel, and specify a poster for the audio file.
(The Media panel is currently required to create a poster for an audio file. In the next release, the plan is to include a Use First Image as Initial View setting that displays the first image in the assets folder you specify.)
3 With the audio frame selected, specify any of the following options in the Overlay Creator panel.
Assets Click the folder icon, and specify the folder containing the play and pause buttons. Here is an example of a
set of controller skin files. If you want a controller skin with Play and Pause buttons to appear while the audio clip is playing, create a set of .png files in a folder. These images each must have either a _pause, _play, or _proxy suffix to determine their behavior. The _play and _pause buttons represent progressive states of a status bar.
AudioAsset001_proxy.png (proxy image) AudioAsset001_play.png AudioAsset002_play.png AudioAsset003_play.png AudioAsset004_play.png AudioAsset005_play.png AudioAsset001_pause.png AudioAsset002_pause.png AudioAsset003_pause.png AudioAsset004_pause.png AudioAsset005_pause.png
In this example, when your audio is played half way, the AudioAsset003_play.png button is displayed.
Play on Page Load Select this option to play the audio file when the page is loaded on the iPad. You can also specify
the number of seconds to delay. When the user initiates the audio, it is played immediately while allowing the user to continue to read the content in the current article. Navigating to another article stops and resets the audio. However, turning the page does not stop the audio.
Panorama
The Panorama overlay provides the illusion of viewing an image from the inside out. For example, you can create a Panorama effect that lets viewers see the inside of an airplanes cockpit. They can rotate the view 360 degrees and zoom in on the instrument panels. The key to creating a panorama is getting the necessary images. To create a Panorama effect, the Overlay Creator requires a set of six images, which represent the six inner sides of a cube. If you begin with a full panorama image (sometimes called an equirectangular image or a 360 panorama), you need to convert it to six cube images based on that image.
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Creating a panorama A. Original panorama image B. Panorama image converted to inner six sides of cube C. Panorama on iPad
If you begin with a horizontal cross image, you can use Photoshop or a screen capture utility to create the six required images.
If you need to divide a panoramic cross image into separate images, follow this pattern.
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Creating Panorama Assets Using Pano2VR You can use a third-party tool called Pano2VR to convert an equirectangular panorama image into the six images required by the Overlay Creator. 1. Install and start Pano2VR. You can download Pano2VR here: http://gardengnomesoftware.com/pano2vr_download.php 2. Drag the panorama image image into the Input area of Pano2VR. 3. Click Convert Input, choose Cube Faces from the Type menu, choose PNG for format type, and specify a known folder where the PNG files will be saved, such as a subfolder in the OverlayResources folder. 4. Click Convert to generate the six files. Pano2VR is also useful for determining the upper and lower limit values for panorama images that include blank spots at the top and bottom. After you drag in the image, click Modify under Viewing Parameters, select Show Limits and select Ignore Limits In Preview, and look at the Tilt value as you drag the image. (For the negative Tilt value that appears in Pano2VR when you scroll to the bottom of the image, use a positive value for Button in the Overlay Creator.)
1 Create the source assets for the panorama, and place them in a folder.
For best results, use JPEG images. High-resolution images allow customers to zoom in but require a larger file size.
2 Using the Rectangle Tool or Rectangle Frame Tool, draw a placeholder rectangle object. 3 Select the placeholder object, open the Overlay Creator panel (Window > Extensions > Overlay Creator), and select
Panorama.
4 In the Overlay Creator panel, click the Assets folder icon, locate the folder containing the six images, and click Open. 5 If necessary, scale the frame and its contents to fit in your layout. 6 Specify the following settings in the Overlay Creator panel:
Use First Image As Initial View Selecting this option uses the first image as the poster. Initial View For Zoom, specify a value between 1 and 100. For the x-axis (tilt), specify a value between -90 (tilted all the way up) and 90 (tilted all the way down). Limit Pinch to Zoom If you dont want users to zoom in or out past a certain point, specify Min and Max values
only two-thirds towards the bottom. To experiment with panorama settings, use the panorama grid files in the OverlayDemo_Stack > Links folder.
Video
For best results, create a movie in the appropriate dimensions, such as 400 x 300 pixels, and create a separate poster image using those same dimensions. Full screen movies should be set to 1024 pixels wide. Although you can specify a poster image from one of the movie frames, we recommend that you create a poster image that indicates the object is interactive. Use a format that is compatible with Apple iTunes, such as an MP4 file with h.264 encoding.
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Currently, you cannot specify a URL to stream a video from the web using the Video overlay. However, you may be able to stream video using a Web View overlay or an HTML stack.
1 Choose File > Place, and place the movie file in the document. 2 In the Media panel (Window > Interactive > Media), specify a poster image.
You can choose an image or specify a frame from the video. We recommend that you choose an image that indicates the page item is interactive.
3 With the movie frame selected, specify any of the following options in the Overlay Creator panel.
Play Inline Select this option to play the video within its bounding area. If this option is not selected, the video plays
in full-screen mode.
Show Controller on Tap If this option is selected, tapping the video while its playing displays a controller bar with pause and play controls. If this option is not selected, tapping the video pauses and restarts. Play on Page Load Select this option to play the movie when the page is loaded on the iPad. You can also specify
Web View
The Web View overlay lets you display a web page within a view area. Users can see the web page content in the view area without having to display a separate in-app browser, as is the case with URL-based hyperlink overlays. You can specify a URL or a local HTML file. If you specify a local HTML file, make sure that the .html file and associated folders appear in a subfolder. All files in that subfolder, including images and scripts, can be included in the exported folio. In the .html file, create relative links to the files in this subfolder. Specifying a local HTML file can be useful for providing an alternate image in case the users iPad isnt connected to the web. The local HTML file can check for a connection and display a web page if there is a connection. If there isnt a connection, it can display a different image. For best results, specify a mobile URL (such as http://mobile.twitter.com/).
1 Using the Rectangle tool or Rectangle Frame tool, drag to create the frame that will display the Web View contents. 2 With the frame selected, select Web View in the Overlay Creator panel. 3 Do one of the following:
To specify a URL, type or paste the URL in the Assets field. Type the entire URL, including http://. To use local HTML files, click the folder icon and specify the local HTML file. The HTML file (such as
index.html) should appear in a folder that includes any images or scripts used in the HTML file.
4 Specify any of the following options:
Play on Page Load Select this option to load the web page when the page is loaded on the iPad. You can also specify
If this option is not selected, the web page is displayed at the same size it would appear in the iPad Safari browser, and the html page may be cropped.
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the image within the frame to determine the initial view area. Note: In some instances, the Viewer does not display the initial view area properly. This bug is being fixed.
3 Select the image frame, open the Overlay Creator panel, click the Pan and Zoom tab, and then click Pan and Zoom
or Pan Only option. The Pan Only option is useful for creating a frame in which you can scroll the content vertically or horizontally. See Scrollable frames on page 35, next. Once you select Pan and Zoom or Pan Only, the object is converted to an overlay. You cannot convert the overlay back to a regular image frame, not even through undo. Delete it, and place it again.
Scrollable frames
You can create a scrollable frame that lets users scroll to view more content. For example, you can create a cooking page with a list of ingredients and a set of instructions. Rather than turning to the next page to see the full set of ingredients or instructions, users can swipe to scroll. The anchor point for scrollable frames is the upper left corner. Currently, you cannot change the anchor point.
1 In the Layers panel, create a layer called Scrollable Content.
The layer name is case-sensitive; make sure you type the layer name accurately.
2 Create two objectsa container frame and a content frame that contains the scrollable content.
For best results, make the width of the container frame and the content frame identical for vertical scrolling. The content frame should not include overset text. The content frame has a transparent background by default, so apply a fill to the content frame if you do not want the page items behind it to show. For example, if your container frame includes a graphic, that graphic will appear behind the scrollable content unless you apply a fill to the content frame.
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Scrollable content A. Content frame added to Scrollable Content layer B. Container frame with identical name on different layer C. Layers panel D. Scrollable frames on iPad
If you want to display objects in the scrollable framesuch as a text frame, an image, and a captionarrange these objects vertically and group them. Note: To keep the scrollable content from interfering with your layout, you can place it on the pasteboard or on a hidden layer. However, if the scrollable content is placed entirely on the pasteboard, packaging the files will omit any linked objects. To include the linked files, make part of the frame touch the document page. You can change the size of the pasteboard in InDesign preferences.
3 Move the content frame to the Scrollable Content layer.
Only content frames should appear on the Scrollable Content layer. The container framesor any other object should not be on the Scrollable Content layer.
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4 In the Layers panel, rename both the container frame and the content frame so that they have the same name, such
as Ingredients. To rename an object in the Layers panel, click the arrow to the left of the layer to expand it. Click the object, pause, and then click again. Type to replace the selection. If the scrollable content is a group, rename the group. The group and an object in the group can have the same name. When you copy and paste the objects from one document to another, make sure that Paste Remembers Layers is selected in the Layers panel menu. That way, you dont have to re-create the Scrollable Content layer.
Content Bundler
The Content Bundler converts the InDesign files and assets to a .folio file that can be uploaded for viewing on a mobile device such as an iPad. This .folio file is a compressed file format that contains vertical and horizontal magazine layouts, metadata, code to enable interactivity, and associated assets. Once the layouts have been packaged into the .folio format, the file is then rendered and displayed on the Viewer. The .folio format was previously called .issue.
Bundle files
1 If you have not already done so, install the Digital Publishing for InDesign Plug-in (.zxp).
The Content Bundler launches InDesign and prepares the files for the iPad. The stacks appear in the stack title list. If the Bundler fails to load the files, see Bundler troubleshooting on page 49.
4 Drag the stacks to move them to the desired order.
Content Bundler
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The items you add in the metadata fields determine what appears in Browse mode on the iPad.
A B
C D E
Stack metadata displayed in Browse mode on iPad A. Description B. Tags C. Kicker D. Title E. Byline
Order To change the stack order, enter a different number for the stack row. You can also drag the stack titles in thumbnail view to re-order them. Locked Select Locked if you dont want a stack to be re-bundled. You can lock a stack only if you bundled the folio using the Multiple Files option, which creates a mini-folio file for each stack. Kicker The kicker is the section title of a magazine, such as Reviews, Features, or Editorial. Ads In the Ads column, click the cell to indicate which stacks are advertisements. Ads do not appear in the table of contents. Flatten When a stack is flattened, each page in the stack essentially becomes a separate stack, allowing users to scroll horizontally to view the pages of an article. Only the first page of a flattened stack shows up in the TOC, but all the pages appear in Browse mode and as scrubber thumbnails. You cannot flatten a stack that is set to Smooth Scrolling.
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Smooth Scrolling In the Smooth Scrolling column, determine whether each stack scrolls by snapping to the page or continuously. You can use different scrolling methods for portrait and landscape orientations.
If you frequently update and test your bundled folio, you can avoid typing the same metadata repeatedly by creating a metadata file called sidecar.xml. See Create a metadata sidecar file for the Bundler on page 40.
6 Enter the folio metadata for Magazine Title, Folio Number, Publication Date, and Folio Description at the bottom
of the dialog box. The folio metadata is displayed in the navigation bar and in the Viewer library. Note: To preview a stack, click it and click the Switch To Thumbnail View button. You can view both the Portrait and Landscape versions. Click the Switch To List View button to exit previewing.
7 Select Include scrubbers for HTML stacks to let the Bundler generate scrubber thumbnails for HTML stacks.
Deselect this option if you want to let the Viewer generate the scrubber thumbnails (not recommended) or if you manually add thumbnail images. See HTML stacks on page 22.
8 Click Export Folio. 9 Specify the settings in the Export Options dialog box, and click OK. 10 Specify a location of the folio file or files. For a single file, type the name of the file and click Save. For multiple files,
specify the folder where you want the project files to be saved and click Select. Do not include a bullet character in the folio filename. A bug currently prevents the folio from being uploaded to the fulfillment server if its name includes a bullet character. Exporting the .folio file (or clicking Save) saves a project.bprj file in the folio folder. You can open this file later to export the folio again. For example, you may want to change the order of stacks or edit the metadata. However, if you need to edit the layout or add overlays, click New and bundle the files again.
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Single File Choose Single File from the Issue pop-up menu if you want to create a single .folio file that you can manually add (sideload) to the Viewer. Multiple Files Choose Multiple Files from the Issue pop-up menu if you want to upload the content to a test server.
This option creates individual .folio files for each stack as well as a parent .folio file. See Upload content to a fulfillment server on page 42.
Image Format Choose Automatic if you want to let the Bundler determine whether to export the pages as JPEG, PNG, or PDF. If you want to reduce file size at the possible expense of image fidelity and performance, choose JPEG or PDF. JPEG Quality If Automatic, JPEG, or PDF is selected for Image Format, specify the JPEG Quality. Increased quality
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Valid <isAd> values are true and false. If the value is true, the ad does not appear in the table of contents. Valid <smoothScrolling> values include always, portrait, landscape, and never. The default is never, which means scrolling snaps to pages. Author and Byline are redundant. Use the same entry. The order of the <entry> sections determines the order of the articles in your project when you first create your project. If an articles folder name does not appear in the sidecar, it is moved below those that are listed. Note: Instead of using a text editor, you can use Microsoft Windows Office Excel. However, make sure that you export using the XML Data option rather than the XML Spreadsheet. The XML Data option is not available for the Mac OS versions of Excel.
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You can copy and paste the following section into a text editor and edit it: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <sidecar> <entry> <folderName>Stack One</folderName> <articleTitle>title</articleTitle> <byline>byline</byline> <author>author</author> <kicker>kicker</kicker> <description>description</description> <tags>tag1, tag2</tags> <isAd>false</isAd> <smoothScrolling>never</smoothScrolling> </entry> <entry> <folderName>Stack Two</folderName> <articleTitle>article 2</articleTitle> <byline>byline</byline> <author>author</author> <kicker>kicker</kicker> <description>description</description> <tags>tag1, tag2</tags> <isAd>false</isAd> <smoothScrolling>never</smoothScrolling> </entry> </sidecar>
The Manage tab is displayed. The Manage tab shows all the folios youve uploaded to the server. If you cannot sign in using your Adobe ID, make sure that your Adobe ID is valid. See Troubleshooting digital publishing tools on page 48.
2 Click Bundle, create or open a folio folder, and click Export Folio. 3 In the Export Options dialog box, choose Multiple Files from the Folio pop-up menu, select Upload To Server After
Exporting, and click OK. The Multiple Files option is required for folio files that are intended to be exported to a server. When you export multiple files, a main .folio file is created, and .folio files are created for each stack, making it easy to update and manage the stacks.
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If Include Cover is selected, the first page of the first stack is used as the cover. The Product ID, Status, and Private options are significant when you make your folios commercially available to the public. Instructions for using these options are provided in a separate user guide. Note: Avoid setting the status to both Retail and Private. When you try to download with the Viewer, an "Error During Download" message appears because there is no purchase receipt for this "Retail" .folio file.
4 Specify a destination folder on your computer for the .folio files to be saved, and click Select.
The .folio files and other support files are uploaded to the server and saved in the destination folder.
5 In Bundler, click the Manage tab to view the uploaded folio. 6 On your iPad, download and open the Viewer, sign in with your Adobe ID if prompted, and download and view
the folio.
folio using the Multiple Files option but have not uploaded to the server. Click Upload, and then specify the folder containing the exported (and not uploaded) .folio files.
Status Unless youre submitting your folio for commercial release, leave the statuses set to Free and Private. When the folio is ready for the commercial release, change the status from Free to Retail (if youre charging money for the folio) and from Private to Public, and click Update. To prevent problems in the Viewer, do not select both Retail and Private. Change Cover By default, the first page of the first stack is used as the cover of the uploaded folio. To specify a different cover, click Change Cover, and specify a folder containing cover images. See Create a library preview cover on page 46.
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page 42.
2 On your iPad, start the Adobe Viewer app. Tap the Sign In button.
The Sign In button appears in the library if you are not already signed in. If youre viewing an existing folio, tap the Home button to view the library.
3 To sign in, make sure that your iPad is connected to the internet and log in using the same Adobe ID you used to
sign in to the Content Bundler. If you cannot sign in, see Viewer troubleshooting on page 51.
4 When prompted, download the content you uploaded.
At this stage, you can download only the content that has been uploaded using your Adobe ID. To share content with other users, create and sideload .folio files.
in both iTunes and on your iPad. The Adobe Viewer application is added to the Apps section of the iTunes library. A placeholder folio is added to the Viewer automatically. You can add more folios.
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2 Select your iPad name in the Devices section of iTunes, and then click the Apps tab. 3 In the Apps tab, scroll down to the File Sharing section. Click Adobe Viewer under Apps.
Adding the .folio file to the iPad (scroll down to view the File Sharing section)
4 Click the Add button, and browse to the .folio file you created. Click Choose.
You can also drag .folio files into the Adobe Viewer Documents area to add folios. If youve created library preview files, add those as well.
5 On your iPad, tap the Adobe Viewer app.
The Adobe Viewer app displays preview images of each folio in the library. (You may need to restart the Viewer and tap the Home button to display the library.)
6 When prompted, tap Download to download the current folio. When its finished downloading, tap View.
Rotate the iPad to display either the horizontal or vertical version of the file. Swipe up and down to read an article. Swipe left and right to switch to a different article (or to switch to different
pages of a flattened article).
Tap interactive areas to play movies, rotate 360 images, and activate other interactive items.
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Tap a non-interactive area to display the navigation bars. Tap the Home icon to jump to the beginning of the folio.
Tap the Back button to return to the previous view. Tap the Table of Contents icon in the upper-left corner to view the table of contents. Tap the Browse icon in the upper-right corner for a birds eye view of the folio. Drag the Scrubber to scroll through article thumbnail images.
A B C D
Adobe Viewer A. Home button B. Back Button C. Table of Contents button D. Browse button E. Scrubber
Use the Change Cover option on the Manage tab of the Bundler to select different covers. Replace the cover_h.png and cover_v.png files that appear in the project folder. To do this, export the folio file with
the Multiple Files option select, but dont upload to the server. Export the files locally, and edit or replace the cover_h.png and cover_v.png files. Then click the Upload button on the Manage tab of the Bundler and specify the folder containing the .folio files. If you re-bundle the image, turn off Include Cover in the Export Options dialog box so that the edited cover files dont get overwritten. In a single-orientation folio, both cover files are created, but one of the cover files may be blank. You may want to replace that cover page.
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When you sideload content, the folio name is used as the cover. You can use .png files as preview images, one for horizontal preview and one for vertical. Use this format to name the .png files:
[folio name]_proxy_h.png [folio name]_proxy_v.png
The .png files should be 1024x768 and 768x1024. Add these files to iTunes using the same method you use to sideload .folio files.
Remove sideloaded .folio files Currently, you cannot delete individual .folio files that have been sideloaded to the Viewer. Use this method to remove all sideloaded .folio files from your iPad and library.
1 Connect your iPad to your computer. 2 Select your iPad name in the Devices section of iTunes, and then click the Apps tab. 3 In the Apps tab, scroll down to the File Sharing section. Click Adobe Preview under Apps. 4 Select all the files in the Adobe Preview Documents area, and then press Backspace or Delete on your keyboard.
Desktop Viewer
The Adobe Content Viewer for the Desktop is an AIR app that lets you preview folios without using a mobile device. Note that the following features are currently not working or not working as planned: flattened stacks, HTML stacks and certain Web View overlays, .folio files exported in PDF format, and single-orientation .folio files. Previewing the portrait orientation is cropped on some computers. Currently, you cannot resize the Viewer window. If possible, increase your monitor resolution to avoid cropping.
1 Double-click a .folio or a .issue file, or drag a .folio or .issue file onto the Desktop Viewer. 2 Click to simulate tapping. Drag to simulate swiping. Press R to rotate between portrait and landscape orientations.
Currently, there is no keyboard gesture for pinching to zoom, but certain trackpads allow pinching gestures.
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For information on making your issues commercially available, see the iPad Publishing Process Overview.pdf in the Downloads section of the DMP prerelease forum. In the future, you will be able to include Omniture Analytics Tracking components in the custom Viewer you create for mobile devices. These components track usage data and report it to a SiteCatalyst Report Suite. You can customize the analytics tracking services. Youll be able enable or disable the tracking services and configure the opt-in preferences and Adobe SiteCatalyst account information. You will also be able to customize push notifications to determine how your customers will be prompted when new content is available. We can provide more details on these features when you request to make your content commercially available.
Installation troubleshooting
Error message while installing the InDesign plug-in in Windows 7 When installing Digital Publishing Plug-in for InDesign (.zxp) in Window 7, you may get an error message that says you do not have the appropriate permissions to install. To allow the Extension Manager to install the plug-in, exit Extension Manager and do the following:
1 In Windows Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files<(x86)>\Adobe\Adobe Extension Manager CS5. 2 Right-click Adobe Extension Manager CS5.exe and choose Properties. 3 Click the Compatibility tab, select Run this program as an administrator option, and click OK. 4 Double-click InDesign Plugin (.zxp) file again.
Cannot install the InDesign plug-in If the installation process of the Digital Publishing plug-in for InDesign fails, you may be able to install the plug-ins manually.
1 Change the file extension from .zxp to .zip. 2 Unzip the file using Winzip or another extraction tool. 3 Locate the plug-in file in the unzipped folder:
(Windows) Plug-in: winartifact:release:plug-ins:graphics:DigitalPublishing.apln Resources folder: winartifact:release:plug-ins:graphics:DigitalPublishing Resources (Mac OS) macartifact:release:plug-ins:graphics:Digital Publishing.InDesignPlugin
4 Manually copy the respective plug-in file (and resources in Windows) to the following folders:
(Windows) C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5\Plug-ins\Graphics (Mac OS) Applications:Adobe InDesign CS5:Plug-ins:Graphics
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Cannot install the Content Bundler or Overlay Creator While installing the Bundler or Overlay Creator, the following error message may appear: This application cannot be installed because this installer has been mis-configured. Please contact the application author for assistance. This problem may be caused by an older prerelease version of the Content Bundler or Overlay Creator. Delete these applications. (In Windows, use the Control Panel to uninstall. In Mac OS, drag the applications to the Trash.) Then try installing again. If you still cannot install the applications, it may be a problem with the AIR application. Uninstall AIR, and then reinstall it. In Windows, use the Control Panel to uninstall AIR. In Mac OS, follow these steps:
1 In Mac OS, run the Adobe Air Uninstaller found in Applications > Utilities. 2 Delete the following folder: username > Library > Application Support > Adobe > AIR. 3 Empty the Trash and restart the computer. 4 Install AIR 2.x again. Its available at http://get.adobe.com/air/.
Uninstall the digital publishing tools Follow these steps if you need to completely remove all authoring tools from the system.
1 Delete the Content Bundler application from Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder. 2 Delete the Overlay Creator application from Windows Explorer or Mac OS Finder. 3 To remove the Digital Publishing Plug-in, launch Adobe Extension Manager CS5, select InDesign, locate the entry
for the DigitalPublishing plug-in in the main window of the application, click Remove, and follow the prompts.
4 Delete the the plug-in file and resources in Windows or the plug-in file in Mac OS.
(Windows) Plug-in: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5\Plug-ins\Graphics\DigitalPublishing.apln Resource Folder: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign CS5\Plug-ins\Graphics\(DigitalPublishing Resources) Macintosh: macartifact:release:plug-ins:graphics:Digital Publishing.InDesignPlugin
Bundler troubleshooting
Invalid asset location This error appears when source assets for overlays have been moved or deleted. Use the Overlay Creator panel to make sure that all interactive objects point to the appropriate source file or source folder. Bundler fails to load a new folio If you click New in Bundler and specify a valid folio folder, the Bundler should open InDesign CS5 and display the stacks in the folio folder. If the Bundler fails to load the folio (or if you receive an Error #3016 message), you may not have the necessary applications installed, or there may be a problem with Switchboard, which is a background process that lets Adobe applications communicate with each other.
1 Make sure that you have installed InDesign CS5 and AIR 2.x (available at
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/air2/). AIR 2.x is required for the Switchboard app to start automatically. Installing InDesign CS5 should install the Switchboard app.
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2 Make sure that the Switchboard app is installed. If you cannot locate the Switchboard app, reinstall InDesign CS5
(or the suite). To verify that Switchboard is installed, go to the following location and double-click it: (Windows) Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\SwitchBoard\SwitchBoard.exe (Mac OS) Library/Application Support/Adobe/SwitchBoard/SwitchBoard
3 Even if youve installed all the necessary applications, Switchboard may fail to launch in some instances. One
solution is to open the Switchboard manually and then try bundling again. You can also change the settings so that Switchboard launches automatically. To do this, open the Switchboard. ini file in a text editor, and type STARTUP=automatic at the end of the file. Save it, close it, and try bundling again. The Switchboard.ini file is located here: (Windows 7/Vista) Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\SwitchBoard\ (Windows XP) C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Adobe\SwitchBoard\ (Mac OS) /Users/<username>/Library/Preferences/Adobe/SwitchBoard/ Other possibilities:
Your InDesign preferences need to be reset. See Restore all preferences and default settings in InDesign Help. Your Windows firewall is blocking Switchboard. See http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/830/cpsid_83045.html. There is a problem installing Switchboard while installing the suite. See
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/853/cpsid_85311.html. Bundler error message: Warning: no valid article directories could be found This error message occurs when the Content Bundler cannot find any valid stack folder in your folio folder. It may be caused by any of the following issues:
When specifying the folder in the Bundler, you selected a stack folder rather than the folio folder. The InDesign documents do not have _h and _v suffixes (such as article_v.indd).
See Setting up the folder structure on page 20. Unable to log in with the provided credentials error message This message appears if you have created an Adobe ID, but have not verified it. To verify your Adobe ID, open the email message that Adobe sent to you when you created the Adobe ID, and click the link to verify. Then try signing in again. "app.rasterizeDocumentPage" error message By default, the zero point is at the top left corner of the page. If you change the zero point in your document, the Bundler may display this error message. Open the document (or documents) in which you have changed the zero point, and double-click the zero point icon where the horizontal and vertical rulers meet. If you still get this error message, re-install the InDesign plug-in (.zxp) file, and reset preferences when starting InDesign. See Restore all preferences and default settings in InDesign Help. Invalid URL error message You likely specified a URL such as www.adobe.com instead of http://www.adobe.com. Use the full URL. Error #3003 This error sometimes appears if extended characters are used in filenames. If possible, avoid using umlauts and other extended characters in filenames.
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Viewer troubleshooting
The Viewer doesnt accept Adobe ID If the Adobe Content Viewer does not accept your Adobe ID, make sure that your iPad is connected to the internet and that you use an Adobe ID in the form of an email address. Try the following suggestions:
Sign in to the Content Bundler before signing in to the Viewer. If you cannot sign in to the Content Bundler, click
the Create an Adobe ID link and sign in using your existing Adobe ID or create a new one.
If you can sign in to the Content Bundler but not the Viewer, make sure that your iPad is connected to the internet. Your Adobe ID may not be in the form of an email address, or it may not be verified. If youre using a legacy Adobe
ID thats not in an email format, change your Adobe ID. Click the Create an Adobe ID link in Bundler, or click the following link to create or edit your Adobe ID. (If prompted, accept the terms of use, open the follow-up email message from Adobe, and click the link to verify the Adobe ID.) www.adobe.com/cfusion/membership/index.cfm "Authentication failed" error message You may receive an Authentication failed error message in the Adobe Content Viewer when attempting to Sign In. If this occurs, first make sure that you have signed in to the Content Bundler app using a valid Adobe ID. If you cannot sign in to the Bundler, click the Create an Adobe ID link and follow the prompts. If you can sign in to the Bundler but not the Viewer, make sure that your iPad is connected to the internet. If the error message still appears when you try to sign in, there may be a problem with the server. Check the digital publishing user forum for announcements. Videos do not play in Viewer If videos that used to play properly in the Viewer stop playing, restart the iPad. If that doesnt work, remove the Viewer from both iTunes and the iPad, resync, and install the Viewer again. Restarting the iPad can also clear memory problems. Folio appears as blank gray page in Viewer If your bundled folio appears in the Viewer as a single gray page, it may indicates a problem with the Viewer installation or a low-memory state. Restart your iPad. If the gray page still appears, delete the Adobe Viewer app from both the iTunes App section and from the iPad. Then add the Adobe Content Viewer again to the iTunes library and sync the iPad. The iPad has physical memory limitations. Adjacent pages with rich interactive content can cause memory problems that result in the gray screen appearing. The Viewer renders multiple adjacent pages simultaneously to optimize navigation. Therefore, three adjacent stacks beyond 30MB will likely strain the available memory for the app. In such instances, limit interactive content where possible, and stagger rich-media content with flat content. Please use the forums to let Adobe know about problematic content that causes the gray page problem.
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