Try viewing it on another computer, maybe there are settings on your monitor that are effecting the look fo the text.

Moniteur,

When you export a SWF file with video from InDesign it will export a SWF and a resources folder that contains the video. When you copied the SWF file to your USB drive you need to move the resources folder in order for the video to play.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Natalie,

Thank you for the kind words, I am glad you were able to shave off some file size with my help:)

Regarding trainings, yes I do plan on recording some more with lynda.com. However, I doubt that I will record any more specific interactive InDesign videos for CS5. But, the next time a new version is released, I will hopefully be recording more.

In the meantime, I would recommend that you keep reading the blog here at InDesignsecrets, follow me on twitter twitter.com/jamesfritz and subscribe to InDesign Magazine (I write articles for them from time to time). In fact, I have an article coming out in the next issue that compares the various iPad publishing options from InDesign.

If you ever want direct training, feel free to contact me off line at jfritz@c2gps.com

thanks again, and if you have any more questions, please let me know.

James Fritz

PS – I really like your magazine. It is a lot of fun.

There are a few things that you can do to reduce the file size of an exported SWF from ID.

1. Use master pages. If you place an item at the same location on every page, just use ID master pages. As long as you don't override them in ID, they will be treated 1 image upon export.

2. Use the JPG pass through filter. If you place a JPG at 100% in InDesign and do nothing to it, ID will export it as-is and not re-compress it. Since PS does a better job of making smaller & better quality JPG's, this would save you file size.

3. Use 72 DPI JPGs for all of the images in your layout and place them at 100% (see above tip).

4. If you are using video, stream the video (link to a URL) rather than embeded

5. Simplify your layout. If you can use simple color backgrounds instead of bitmap images and go easy on the effects (like drop shadows).

6. Reduce your documents dimensions. Since your SWF file is going to be online, you don't need to have it be the size of a printed page. If you create a document that is smaller (600×300) your overall size will be smaller.

Good luck and please share the link to your online magazine, I would love to see it.

Hey Melege,

The iPhone does not support flash, but if you make a basic interactive PDF with hyperlinks (not videos or audio) you can install the GoodReader application to interact with the PDF

As for Android and Blackberry. Some Android and Blackberry models do support flash, so you could view your presentation. Although on such a small screen it may be hard to interact with.

Device central is a way to test your documents on a variety of phones without having to own all of them. For more info on Flash mobile, check out this blog.

https://www.flashmobileblog.com/

Melege,

If you have signed up for the beta, you will have access to the forums at prerelease.adobe.com.

If you make an interactive PDF and try to view it on the iPad, not all of the functions may work. Your best bet is to download the PDF viewer called Good Reader for the iPad. It does a better job of rendering PDFs that the built in PDF viewer. Unfortunately, multimedia does not work in these PDFs. The hyperlinks will still work, but it is the best that we have for now.

Graemezee,

I too wish that Adobe would make a proper PDF reader for the iPad and support all of the interactive features that the desktop supports. Until that time, I would suggest that you look into Good Reader for the iPad. While it will not understand all of the interactive elements of a PDF, it does understand buttons (to some degree) and links. For now, this is our best option until something better comes along.