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Indexing and ebooks

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Monday, 05 March 2012 Category User Tips

Ebook indexes are a contentious topic in publishing—the American Society for Indexing recently established a Digital Trends Task Force to influence the inclusion and use of indexes in ebooks.

Tags: ePub, ebooks, indexing
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Non-printing content and conditional text

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Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Category User Tips

It's not always desirable to export all your document content into both print and EPUB formats, so here are some ideas for controlling what content is exported where.

Tags: InDesign, ePub
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Embedding metadata in EPUB

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Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Category User Tips

InDesign CS5.5’s EPUB Export Options provide the option to include file metadata, so filling in the metadata fields in File > File Info allows book publishers to embed core metadata (for example, book title, author, description, copyright status and information) in their EPUBs.

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Articles Panel in InDesign CS5.5

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Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Category User Tips

The Articles Panel is a new feature in InDesign CS5.5 that controls the order in which content is exported to EPUB. Content objects are added to the Articles Panel either by dragging and dropping them individually or in selected groups, or by holding Ctrl/Cmd and selecting the + icon to add all objects in the document at once.

Tags: ePub, InDesign
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Online video lectures covering XSLT/XPath 1.0 and 2.0

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Friday, 04 November 2011 Category User Tips

Crane Softwrights Ltd. announced online video training: "Practical Transformation Using XSLT and XPath", over 24 hours of instructor lecture, with hands-on exercises and solutions, of an intensive five-day training class.

Tags: xslt, xml
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InDesign to accessible PDF in CS5.5

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Wednesday, 14 September 2011 Category User Tips

Michael Murphy provides video tutorials on creating accessible PDFs using InDesign and Acrobat, and there is an Acrobat X Action for checking your PDF's accessibility that can be loaded into the Actions panel.

Tags: Acrobat, InDesign, Accessibility, CS5.5
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