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• • November 1, 2016 at 7:43 am #89469
    Jacqui Compayre

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    When I export my InDesign file as an Epub, it looks great on my desktop when I view it in ADE. However, on androids, i-phones, and tablets, the formatting is off (mainly through I-books).

    Does anyone by chance have any advice on keeping the formatting in tact despite the device used?
    Please help!

    :)

  • November 1, 2016 at 9:21 am #89473
    Kai Rübsamen

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    “the formatting is off” isn’t realy a good description of a problem ;-)

    So please provide screenshots from your iPhone or tablet, ADE and your epub-file and describe what is “off”!
    Also the version of InDesign is needed, since InDesign behaves differently in each version since CS5.5.

    btw: Usually it is exactly the opposite (looks perfect on iBooks and poor on ADE)

    Kai

  • November 1, 2016 at 10:46 am #89484
    Jacqui Compayre

    Member

    Thank you for replying Kai, I really appreciate it.

    I’m using CS5.5, version 7.5.3.
    I would prefer not to post a screenshot, but I will do my best to explain and see if you have any insight.

    When I view my EPUB in ADE, all of my character and paragraph styles line up with my InDesign file. Both have the same fonts and sizes in the correct orders.
    When I view the EPUB on a phone/tablet through I-books, some of my paragraphs all of a sudden have a different font style and size (only some paragraphs, not all). I just cannot figure out where the glitch is, in between ADE and I-books.

    If anything I’ve said makes any sense, I’d love your input.

    Thanks again.

  • November 1, 2016 at 11:13 am #89486
    Kai Rübsamen

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    Jacqui, I have no interest here to guess what the problem might be … but nevertheless I would like to give you a few hints:

    1. InDesign CS5.5 was the first version with a real epub-output (the good news)

    2. InDesign CS5.5 produces realy bad code (the bad news)

    3. I assume, that ADE honors the output of the cascading stylesheet (the formatting), while other readers (especially iBooks) doesn’t.

    4. How things are displayed in iBooks depends on
    – the version of iBooks,
    – the version of your EPUB > with CS5.5 surely EPUB 2,
    – if your paragraphs are tagged or not
    – and the fact, if there is manually included a special file ‘com.apple.ibooks.display-options.xml’.
    This file is responsible for displaying fonts and for alignment.

    Kai

  • November 1, 2016 at 11:54 am #89487
    Jacqui Compayre

    Member

    Awesome.
    This is already helpful, I bet I can figure the rest out.

    Thanks so much for taking the time Kai!

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