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Checklist and export options Before finally exporting to EPUB, first make sure that all formatting has been applied using styles, that all images are properly placed and anchored, that you have defined all the necessary links and cross-references, that you have defined a Table of Contents Style, that you have specified all the necessary and desired metadata, and that you have created a high-resolution cover image that can also be viewed adequately at small sizes. 1. Select File > Export, then fill in a filename and destination, and select EPUB (Reflowable) from the Format pull-down menu. 2. Click Save. The ‘EPUB – Reflowable Layout Export Options’ dialog box appears with eight separate panels of options. 3. In the General panel, choose EPUB 3.0 from the Version pull-downmenu to ensure that your document complies with the latest standards. 4. Select the Choose Image option from the Cover pull-down menu; then navigate to the folder where you have saved the JPEG cover image you created earlier, and select that file. If you select the Rasterize Front Page option from the Cover pull-down menu instead, InDesign will create a snapshot of the first page of your book and use that image for the cover. 5. Select the option Multi Level (TOC Style) from the Navigation TOC pull-down menu; then choose the TOC Style that you created earlier in the New Table of Contents Style dialog box. 6. On the left-hand side of the dialog box, select the Metadata panel. 7. If the book has an ISBN, enter it in the Identifier field. 8. All the other fields besides the Date field should be automatically populated with data entered earlier in the File Info dialog box. You can add any missing information now. InDesign uses the information in the Date field for the EPUB2 element ‘dc:date’, but will use the actual date and time to automatically fill in this information in a format compatible with EPUB3. In other words, you don’t have to enter anything in the Date field. 9. There are many other export options: for controlling how images and text are exported, for adding JavaScript and CSS, and for choosing how the ebook should be previewed. Feel free to explore these at your own leisure. The CSS panel has some of the most interesting options, since it allows you to override or even completely substitute the sometimes bulky and awkward CSS generated by InDesign with your own carefully crafted CSS. 10. Finally, click OK to generate the EPUB file. 80
1 4 7 Testing and validating 10 Be sure to test the EPUB file with as many e-reader devices and applications as possible. You can use the application Kindle Previewer to open the EPUB in a Kindle simulator and/or to convert the EPUB to the Kindle format so that you can test it on actual Kindle devices. Finally, it’s always a good idea to validate your EPUB documents before releasing them. 7 7 EPUB Validator (beta), http://validator.idpf.org. 81
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