Chapter 6
Publishing to the iPad
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
• When you create layout in InDesign, you can
use the Adobe Content Viewer app on the
iPad to view the document.
• You must have a user account with Adobe to
open and run the Adobe Content Viewer app
on your iPad.
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
Adobe Content Viewer app icon
Installing Software for
Working with the iPad
Adobe Content Viewer
for iPad Installed
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
• Uploading a layout to an iPad is done in
InDesign using Digital Publishing Suite
Desktop Tools.
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
• The Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) is a
comprehensive software package that allows
everyone from publishers to individual
designers to publish their content on tablet
devices like the iPad.
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
Folio Builder panel before
downloading DPS Desktop Tools CS6
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
• DPS Desktop Tools CS6 functions in InDesign
as the Folio Builder and Folio Overlays panels.
• You use the Folio Builder panel to upload
layouts to the iPad, and you use the Folio
Overlays panel to specify functions for placed
audio and video files.
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
Double circle
indicates panel is
signed-in
Folio Builder panel activated
Installing Software for Working with
the iPad
• The Adobe Content Viewer software allows
you to preview the layouts you plan to upload
to an iPad on your computer first.
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
• When you create an InDesign document for
upload to the iPad, you choose the Digital
Publishing option as the intent in the New
Document dialog box.
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
Intent Digital
Publishing
Specified for iPad
Digital Publishing option in the New Document dialog box
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
Document is set up for the iPad
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
• An InDesign document for iPad can contain
hyperlinks, sound files, and video files.
• You can create buttons to trigger sound and
video files in an iPad presentation.
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
Video file
Video file placed in document
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
Sound file
Sound file on pasteboard
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
• Remember, the iPad does not support Flash
animation.
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
• When you design a multiple page publication
in InDesign for the iPad, they include all the
pages in one document.
• This document is called a folio.
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
Your location
may differ
Package Publication dialog box
Setting up a Document for Upload to
iPad
• You can’t upload a multiple page document to
the iPad.
• Instead, each page must be saved as a
standalone file.
• Each of these standalone files is an article.
Using Folio Overlays
• When you are designing an InDesign
publication for the iPad, you can place sound
and video files as you normally would, with
one important exception: in order for a sound
or video file to play, it must be on the
document page.
Using Folio Overlays
• When you download DPS Desktop Tools CS6,
the Folio Overlays panel is downloaded and
installed.
• You can use the Folio Overlays panel to specify
when sound and video files play in a
publication on the iPad.
Using Folio Overlays
Folio Overlays panel
Using Folio Overlays
• The panel shows different categories of
interactivity that can be utilized in a
presentation, everything from simple
hyperlinks to panoramas and image
sequences.
Using Folio Overlays
• Any design work you do with buttons to play
sound or video in an iPad presentation has to
be done with the consideration that the
button will remain on the page after it’s been
triggered.
Using Folio Overlays
Button
formatted to
trigger
sound file
Button formatted to rigger sound file
Using Folio Overlays
• Rather than use InDesign buttons, many
designers prefer to use the controls available
in the Folio Overlays panel.
• These controls are more standard for iPad and
tablet device presentations than button
triggers.
Using Folio Overlays
Audio controls in the Folio Overlays panel
Using Folio Overlays
• While auto-playing sound and video files are
fairly common in iPad presentations, you will
find many times that you don’t want them to
play automatically.
Using Folio Overlays
• If you leave the Auto Play check box
unchecked, sound and video files will play only
when tapped.
Using Folio Overlays
• How will a reader know sound and/or video
files are available to be played?
• You could add artwork, a “play” button, or
text that indicates that it needs to be tapped
to be played for video or audio.
Using Folio Overlays
Text indicates to tap the video to play and stop it
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• The Folio Builder panel is connected to the
Internet.
• When you click the Sign In option on the Folio
Builder panel, the panel connects to your
Adobe account using their Adobe ID and
password.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• You can think of your Adobe account as
storage space that they have online with
Adobe.
• When you create a folio in the Folio Builder
panel, that content is automatically uploaded
to your Adobe account.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• The Adobe Content Viewer app on your iPad
displays the folio that you upload to Adobe
account; thus, using the Adobe Content
Viewer app, you can display your layouts on
your iPad.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
The folios on the iPad
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• The term folio refers to a sheet of paper
folded once to make two leaves – or four
pages – of a book.
• In the Folio Builder panel, the folio is the
complete publication – and it contains all the
articles in the publication.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
Three folios in the panel
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• Tablet presentations—like those on an iPad—
have three basic orientations: Portrait Only
Folio, Landscape Only Folio, and Portrait and
Landscape Folio.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• It is important that the orientation you choose
in the New Folio dialog box is the same as the
orientation of the articles that will be added
to the folio.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
Portrait Only Folio
Landscape Only Folio
Portrait and Landscape Folio
New Folio dialog box
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• You can add articles, open articles, rename
articles, and assign formatting.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
Naming an article in the New Article dialog box
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• The formats listed in the menu are JPEG, PNG
and PDF. These are all image formats. This is
because InDesign documents are converted to
images when they’re added to a folio as
articles.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• The Smooth Scrolling option controls how you
can swipe from page to page (article to article)
on your tablet device.
• If Smooth Scrolling is activated, they can have
half of one page and half of the subsequent
page both visible on the tablet screen.
Uploading to the iPad with Folio
Builder
• The folios you create in InDesign do not need
to be saved. They exist in your online Adobe
account and will appear and be accessible in
your Folio Builder panel whenever you open
InDesign and are connected to the Internet.