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• • October 29, 2020 at 9:40 am #14331907
    Michael Hamilton

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    When exporting an Indesign (CS6) file to epub, the epub pages are in reverse order. Only happens with one book, (I’ve done several other books, with no problems) the pages are reversed even on multiple computers, so it’s not my reader. Can’t find any preference to alter this nor export options.
    Any help out there?

  • October 29, 2020 at 9:50 am #14331910
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Wow, that is pretty weird. Literally, the last page of the InDesign document is the first page of the EPUB?! I can’t even see how that would happen. Unless somehow the document was stuck in Right-to-Left mode (like Hebrew) or something? Still probably not… just grasping at straws.

    One idea: export the InDesign file as IDML and then open the IDML file and try exporting to EPUB. If there is any weirdness/corruption with the file, that should clean it up.

  • October 29, 2020 at 10:09 am #14331911
    Michael Hamilton

    Participant

    Thanks for the quick reply, David!
    I tried the IDML and no luck.
    The pages in my “Pages” menu are in the proper order.
    How do I find the options for “Right-to-Left mode (like Hebrew)”? I have done some manuscripts in the past with hebrew words in the text, perhaps some preference was saved that shouldn’t have been???

  • October 29, 2020 at 10:15 am #14331912
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    You typically need a ME (middle-eastern) version of InDesign to create R-to-L documents. I don’t think that’s it, as the Pages panel looks correct.

    Are you using in the Articles panel?

  • October 29, 2020 at 10:36 am #14331913
    Michael Hamilton

    Participant

    I’ve never used the articles panel, not sure what it does, but I opened it and it says, “no content.”

  • October 29, 2020 at 10:41 am #14331914
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    See:

    EPUB Basics in CS5.5: The Articles Panel

    
    and
    https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/articles-cs5-5.html

  • October 29, 2020 at 10:53 am #14331916
    Michael Hamilton

    Participant

    Thanks again, David, I’ll start learning the Articles panel.
    Cheers!

  • November 26, 2022 at 6:16 pm #14375169
    Angel

    Member

    Hi, Michael, did you ever solve the problem of the backward page numbering? I dont find a solution anywhere.

  • May 30, 2023 at 11:12 am #14392535
    Michael Hamilton

    Participant

    I have still not found why this is happening. I have made hundred of ebooks successfully, yet a handful of epubs still come out with the pages reversed.
    • The ONLY clue I’ve found so far is that the page numbers in the pages panel are in brackets, like this: [2 – 3] while in my normal documents they are displayed without brackets, like: 2 – 3.

    Does this mean anything? Please help David!!

  • May 30, 2023 at 11:54 am #14392536
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Wow, that’s fascinating, Michael. Good sleuthing. Brackets mean that those pages have been “stuck together” as an “island” spread. See:

    What Are Those Brackets in the Pages Panel?

    • May 30, 2023 at 12:26 pm #14392537
      Michael Hamilton

      Participant

      Thanks, David. I got rid of the brackets…and it’s still saving the pages as an epub in reverse order…

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