Adobe InDesign CS5: Creating EPUB Books

In this course, you will learn how to set up your InDesign document for EPUB export, export your InDesign documents as EPUB files, edit the resulting EPUB files, convert your EPUB files to other electronic book formats, and many more.

Course Outline

Course Description

In this course, you will learn how to: Set up your InDesign document for EPUB export; Export your InDesign documents as EPUB files; Edit the resulting EPUB files; Convert your EPUB files to other electronic book formats; Distribute your electronic books through popular channels such as Amazon and iTunes.

Course Outline

Introduction

• What are EPUB, eBooks and iBooks?
• EPUB readers
• EPUB authoring tools

EPUB Technologies

• What can and can't be included in an EPUB document
• Introduction to XML/XHTML
• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• Working with images

Working with XML/XHTML

• Text structure
• Working with tables
• Creating hyperlinks
• Inserting images

Working with CSS

• Creating and linking to the CSS file
• Setting document styles
• Adjusting spacing and text wrap
• Creating drop caps, sidebars and pull quotes

Navigation, functionality and accessibility

• Creating and editing a Table of Contents
• What is metadata?
• Adding metadata
• Adding page and chapter breaks
• Creating guide sections for iBooks
• Adding accessibility features for assistive technology devices

Previewing and validating

• Previewing EPUBs on your computer and devices
• Previewing for the iBooks app
• Validating your EPUB files

Exporting and distribution

• What readers support EPUB?
• Creating a Kindle version
• Other reseller formats
• Getting an International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
• Distributing your book through resellers such as Amazon and iTunes

Adobe InDesign brief review

• The InDesign workspace
• Creating InDesign documents
• Working with text and images

Preparing the InDesign document for EPUB

• How does an INDD file become an EPUB file?
• What can and can't be converted from INDD to EPUB
• Creating chapter and page breaks through an InDesign book
• Creating chapter breaks through a custom TOC style
• Combining both strategies to create chapter breaks
• Using the layout to manage content flow
• Using XML tags to manage content
• Naming styles and linked assets

Modifying Text and Images

• Cleaning up the text flow
• Applying paragraph and character styles
• Creating hyperlinks
• Modifying tables
• Converting graphics
• Manually optimizing images
• Creating a cover image
• Setting the first page of an EPUB file with a custom TOC
• Adding metadata

Export options

• General export options
•  Export options for images and content

CS 5.5 EPUB features

• Mapping styles to tags
• Image-level export options
• Adding accessibility features in InDesign

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

ADID201 - Adobe InDesign CS5: Advanced Styles and Long Documents is essential

Certificates offered

Certificate of Completion

Cancellation Policy

Eliquo Training and Development Inc. will make every attempt to be flexible in regards to class cancellations and rescheduling. In an attempt to make sure that everyone enjoys a consistent training experience, Eliquo offers the following cancellation policy:

Any student cancellation that occurs a minimum of six (6) business days prior to a scheduled class is eligible for a full class credit or a 100% refund on the cost of the class.

Due to scheduling logistics, if you cancel or re-schedule a registration within five (5) business days of the course date, payment is due in full at that time and will be held as a credit towards a re-scheduled date or a future course booking. Course credits are valid for 12 months from the date of the original class booking.

All cancellations and rescheduling must be in writing and sent either by email to registrations@lastminutetraining.ca or by fax to 647.258.9319. Verbal communication of a cancellation will not meet our refund requirements.

In the event that a class is cancelled due to insufficient enrollment, your full registration fee will be refunded or you can reserve a seat in the next available class. You will be notified of a class cancellation at least five (5) business days in advance of the scheduled class.

Eliquo Training and Development Inc. reserves the right to postpone or cancel a class at any time, in which case the refund and rescheduling policy would apply. Eliquo Training and Development Inc. is not liable for any travel expenses incurred by the student, even in the event of a cancellation.

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Eliquo Training
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Eliquo Ottawa
185 Somerset St West.
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Ottawa, Ontario
Canada   K2P 0J2

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Under prerequisites, Eliquo stated: ADAI101—Adobe Illustrator CS5 is essential; however, the pace of the advanced course was very fast and assumed that, in addition to ADAI101, participants had a certain proficiency / practical experience level. As such, it would have been very helpful if Eliquo had stated the minimum number of hours of practical experience needed to join the Advanced Illustrator course. At best, I received some exposure vs. learning specifics.

Reviewed by Linda R. 2012

   

The introduction at each session which includes a detailed explanation of post-course support and an overview of the outline takes way too much time (upto 45 minutes on average). If you are taking the course, you already know the outline and it should only take 10 minutes to quickly go through the post-course support. People with questions can always ask during the break. Everything else with Eliquo is excellent!

Reviewed by Faith W. 2012

   

Very interesting and informative, sessions were paced and not overloaded, equipment operated flawlessly.

Reviewed by William A. 2012

   

The content was excellent, and we had some opportunities to apply what we learned; however, because Illustrator has a steep learning curve, I needed at least another half to full day in a "lab" to fully implement what we learned.

Reviewed by Linda R. 2012

   

Very thorough

Reviewed by Lee H. 2011

   

Could have used an additional day and more handout material but overall was a great course I highly recommend it!

Reviewed by Bana R. 2011

   

Course was great.

Reviewed by Demetria T. 2011

   

More hands-on time would be nice. Perhaps 2 days of lecture/training and use the third day to create a project using the topics learned in the first two days. Also, handing out the course manual is the standard in all traning environments, not at the end of the course. Students/participants use text books/manuals to follow along with the verbal instruction and also take notes to assist with their own knowledge gain.

Reviewed by Alayna . 2011

   

There could have been more time allowed for doing some of the coding on our own more - it was a little dry.

Reviewed by Colette P. 2011

   

for this specific course it would be a big advantage if you have familiarity with CS5 Premiere or at a minimum previous versions.

Reviewed by Mark C. 2011

   

A course manual would have been helpful - something to follow along with during the cours and make personal training notes and tips which you can refer to at a later date.

Reviewed by Alayna . 2011

   

It was the trainer's first or second time training for Eliquo and he wasn't very prepared. I don't know if it was Eliquo's fault or his own but I wasn't impressed by that at all. In general though, the trainer is a nice person. I was also surprised tha

Reviewed by Anthony C. 2009