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• • November 28, 2011 at 4:49 pm #61175
    angharad09

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    When I try to export to EPUB using the option “Ordering: Same as XML structure”, InDesign crashes every time. It's a relatively simple document, and I think I got the XML tags right, but it was my first time using XML tags, so maybe not. I'm on a Mac, using OS X 10.6.8 and InDesign CS5.5.

    I've worked around it for now (made a separate INDD file for the EPUB version), but in the long run I would like to learn how to use XML in InDesign. Can anyone suggest what might be causing the crash? Would it make a difference if I used the Articles panel instead of the Tags panel/Structure bay?

    Thanks for any suggestions.

  • November 29, 2011 at 1:37 am #61180
    Aaron Troia

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    So I had never exported with XML tags before but I quickly mapped my styles to tags and tried it with the working files I had used from a book I had previously exported to epub and it exported within minutes with no problem (given, the epub didnt look very pretty), but ID5.5 didnt crash on me. Are you embedding any fonts by chance? I know this plagues people in the #eprdctn group on twitter quite a bit from just exporting normally to epub from ID5.5.

    Also, with ID5.5 you dont need to break up the file to make the ePub, just generate a TOC with the Para style you are using for your titles and when you export, check the box next to “Break document at Paragraph Style:” and choose the same Para style you generated your TOC with and you will get separated files, a linked ncx, and all the files listed in the opf.

    I havent used the article pane before so I cant say whether or not it will work any better for you.

    And for reference, I am on a Mac running ID5.5 on OS 10.7.2.

  • November 29, 2011 at 4:38 pm #61192
    nsmorado

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    with ID CS5.5 i use the articles panel since it makes my exporting easier than having the whole publication structured by XML. the resulting epub is not perfect so i have to make some tweaks on the epub using Sigil (an XML editor). the book i'm doing has lots of graphics (both inline and as chapter opener).

  • December 2, 2011 at 10:09 am #61208
    angharad09

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    Thanks for the responses. It helps to know that other people are using this process without crashing. When I get some time I will re-install InDesign and see if that makes a difference. Meanwhle, if anybody knows any “don't do this or it will cause a fubar” tips regarding XML, I'd be interested.

    I agree with both of you that whatever InDesign exports to EPUB, you still have to edit it in a program like Sigil. But at least it gives you something you can start with and helps you understand how the whole thing is supposed to work. Good fun.

    Thanks,

    Amanda

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