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• • June 23, 2015 at 1:52 am #76162
    Alexandre Dauchez

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    Hi, I’m not used to make ePub and I’m making a Fixed-Layout ePub for a client.
    I’m using InDesign CC 2014.2 and export my ePub.
    No matter if I export it in landscape or portrait mode but I have these unwanted blank or empty spaces between every page when I read it on iPad and swap between pages.
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    Is it normal ?
    Thank you

  • June 23, 2015 at 8:35 am #76171
    David Blatner

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    Yes, I think that is normal. That is controlled by iBooks, not InDesign. I am not sure if there is any way to change that.

  • June 23, 2015 at 9:06 am #76178
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

    Member

    I’m having trouble understanding your picture. Is it supposed to be single page portrait? But you’ve turned the iPad to landscape view for the picture, is that right? Does the problem appear when you’re in portrait view?

    When you exported to FXL epub from InDesign, which option did you choose for Spread Control?

    AM

  • June 23, 2015 at 9:06 am #76179
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

    Member

    I’m having trouble understanding your picture. Is it supposed to be single page portrait? But you’ve turned the iPad to landscape view for the picture, is that right? Does the problem appear when you’re in portrait view?

    When you exported to FXL epub from InDesign, which option did you choose for Spread Control?

    AM

  • June 23, 2015 at 9:06 am #76180
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

    Member

    I’m having trouble understanding your picture. Is it supposed to be single page portrait? But you’ve turned the iPad to landscape view for the picture, is that right? Does the problem appear when you’re in portrait view?

    When you exported to FXL epub from InDesign, which option did you choose for Spread Control?

    AM

  • June 23, 2015 at 11:58 am #76188
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    Test (the forum doesn’t seem to accept my answer)

  • June 23, 2015 at 12:01 pm #76191
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    Hi David and Anne-Marie and thank you for your answers.
    Sorry for the bad picture, I’m explaining my whole process :

    In fact, if I start from scratch an Indesign document with these settings :
    

  • June 23, 2015 at 12:01 pm #76192
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    Create 4 pages with a simple coloured rectangle fitting the whole page :
    

  • June 23, 2015 at 12:01 pm #76193
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    And then export the document as a fixed layout ePub with any of these settings (based on document setup, convert spread to landscape page or disable spreads) :

    

  • June 23, 2015 at 12:04 pm #76196
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    I’m obtaining this empty space between pages when I read each of these exported ePub on iBooks on iPad (which is supposed to be the default ePub player, right ?) :

    
    On iBooks on a Mac, I’m obtaining NO empty space between pages.

    So I wonder how Anne-Marie, or Terry White, when I see videos on Lynda.com or adobe TV achieve to export a ePub without those blanks.

  • June 23, 2015 at 12:04 pm #76197
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    Perhaps I’m missing something obvious, but even if I export an InDesign document used for exercices (here) and then export it, I get those empty spaces…

  • June 23, 2015 at 12:06 pm #76198
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    (Sorry for the multiple answers, but I couldn’t figure out where the code I was inserting in the forum failed)

  • June 25, 2015 at 4:07 am #76245
    Alexandre Dauchez

    Member

    Hi, so do you think it is normal ?
    Thank your for your answers !

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