Operation Manual
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Exporting and publishing
Last updated 11/30/2015
EPUB 2.0.1 EPUB 2.0.1 is a standard approved by IDPF in 2007. This format is supported on a wide variety of devices.
EPUB 3.0 EPUB 3.0 is a standard approved by IDPF in 2011. This format also supports audio, video, javascript,
Japanese vertical text. The new features however will not work on readers and devices that do not support EPUB 3.0
standard.
EPUB 3.0 with Layout This is an experimental format created by Adobe Systems. It supports multiple-columns, text
wrap, and other controls so that your layouts look good on all layouts. This feature will only work with specific viewer
technologies.
Cover Specifies the cover image for the eBook. Choose one of the following:
None If this option is selected no cover image is added to the eBook.
Rasterize First Page If this option is selected creates an image file by rasterizing the first page of the eBook to use as
the cover.
Choose image If this option is selected you can specify an image on your computer to use as the cover.
TOC Style Select this option if you want to generate a table of contents based on the selected TOC style. From the TOC
Style menu, specify the TOC style you want to use to build the table of contents in the eBook. You can choose Layout
> Table Of Contents Styles to create a special TOC style for your eBook.
Margins Specify values for the Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margins in pixels. To use the same value for each margin,
click the Constrain icon.
Content Order Specify the order in which page elements are exported
Based on Page Layout The location of the items on the page determines the reading order.
If Based On Page Layout is selected, InDesign determines the reading order of page objects by scanning left to right and
top to bottom. In some instances, especially in complex, multicolumn documents, the design elements may not appear
in the desired reading order. Use Dreamweaver to rearrange and format the contents.
(Asian versions only) If Based On Page Layout is selected, InDesign determines the reading order of page objects
according to the document’s binding (left to right or right to left). In some instances, especially in complex,
multicolumn documents, the exported design elements may not appear in the desired reading order. Use Dreamweaver
to rearrange and format the contents.
Same as XML Structure The order of the tags in Structure View determines the reading order. See Tag page items.
Same as Articles panel The order of elements in the Articles panel determines the reading order. Only the checked
articles are exported. See
Include articles for export .
Place Footnote After Paragraph Check to place footnotes after the paragraph. If deselected, footnotes are converted to
endnotes.
Remove Forced Line Breaks Check to remove all soft-returns in the exported eBook.
Bullets Select Map To Unordered List to convert bullet paragraphs into List Items, which are formatted in HTML using
the <ul> tag. Select Convert To Text to format using the <p> tag with bullet characters as text. If you have used native
InDesign auto-bullets, subbullets are also included.
Numbers Determines how numbers are converted in the HTML file. If you have used native InDesign auto-
numbering, subbullets are also included
Map To Ordered List Converts numbered lists into List Items, which are formatted in HTML using the <ol> tag.
Map To Static Ordered List Converts numbered lists into List Items, but assigns a <value> attribute based on the
paragraph’s current number in InDesign.