Export epub

Why when I export epub, another file is created, with the same name but a number like PRE635248052651 in the place of indd and the image in the original file became a gray rectangle? (I work with mac and ID CS6)
Before fhe creation of the epub I had a message that says that is a error - entry in summary 1 ignored (entry oy summary has alignement level incorrect).
Thank you

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Export epub using script via(Javascript) . Is it possible in indesign cs3?

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Well, it's all quite impressive so far. CS6 ePub capabilities are miles
ahead of CS4, my last version, that's for sure.
One thing I'm stuck on, though, is how to change the formatting of
footnote indicators when exporting an ePub from InDesign.
No matter what I do, when the ePub is viewed in ADE, the footnote
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Sigil is good to start with. As you grow more confident in editing e-pubs, you might want to ditch it though (it has its own personal set of annoying features).
Superscripts are prone to mess up paragraph spacing in HTML, and with everything said and done, that's just what an e-pub is. Nothing you can do inside InDesign, it takes raw CSS editing to "fix" it (meaning, to make it less conspicuous than the downright stupid default handling!).
But the blue-and-underlining bit is nothing you can fix -- for a real web page you can, but iBooks, for instance, INSISTS on having hyperlinks formatted that way, whether you like it or not.

I'm finding it difficult creating exporting EPUB from pages. Help please!

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I'm finding it quite complicating on how to create and export EPUB files from pages so I can use these to send to iBooks on the iBook store.
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It's not necessary to post a second time. I'm locking this version so others may reply at the first thread you created:
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I am done with a book and have it formatted the way I want. I am exporting it to EPUB through InDesign CC and previewing it in iBooks and also through Kindle previewer. Everything is fine except for one thing... where I have created page breaks, the exported file is not including them.
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Is there any way to force it to include line breaks on export. Or alternatively, I could export to HTML but I am having trouble figuring out how to go back to the EPUB format from there and also it didn't include the fonts, so there was other issues to consider as I have a custom font I was using for the headers that looks really good and matches the font on the book cover as well... so I really want to keep that consistent if possible.
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Ok, I hadn't tested the advanced options out in the export menu. It works and does so on both the iBooks and Kindle previewer.. which is good news since that is really important to me to try and find a workflow I can update both of these formats from when I continue to work on my book.
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Any takers? Other people have to have encountered this issue before.
Edit:
Sorry everyone, and especially to Jongware, who already solved the problem for me before.
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I have tried with very little succes all day making Robohelp 9 export to epub.
I am running techcomm 3.5 full version on win 7/64 bit.
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StudioSm wrote:
Thanks for the answers. I am beginning to like Robohelp. Still - I cannot figure the isf thing out. When I create a project I import Frame files. I create isf settings for the Frame import and export the isf file. So far so good. But now I want to change for instance the sizing of graphics on import or the mapping of paragraph formats. So I go to File/Project settings - but I can no longer access these settings. I can no longer access the settings for mapping, graphics etc. And I don't get it. Shouldn't I be able to edit the isf file here?
Regards
Bjørn
Short answer is no, that is not how you edit the settings. You need to read through my instructions again for the detail but the short version is this.
Step 1 is to go to Project Settings and select the CSS you want.
Step 2 is to start the import and apply all the settings you want.
Step 3 is before you import, you export all those settings to an ISF file.
Step 4 is next time you want to import you will see Custom in the ISF file. Browse to the ISF file you want and if no changes are required, you should be good to go but check. If changes are required, make them and export again overwriting the first file.
Now for the really unintuitive bit.
Next time you import, you will see Settings.ISF at the start of the process. Not unreasonably you will say to yourself "I updated those so I am good to go". WRONG. You will be working with the settings you saved in Step 3. If you want the updated settings, you have to browse to the updated file.
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The more people who report a bug or request a feature, the more likely it is to be actioned. Please follow this link.
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I am an ePubs newbie and have been watching some of the training videos on Lynda.com and tried creating my first ePub document today.
I am having problems with mixed fonts when exporting the file and viewing on iBooks on an iPhone.
I have a document with paragraphs of text to be in a regular weight and certain words within the paragraphs are to be picked out in bold. So I've used a Paragraph Style for the main text and then used a Character Style to pick out the bold words. Simple enough!!
On export I am not embedding any fonts as I have unchecked that option on the export dailaogue. I have used the same font family in InDesign, but I cannot work out why I am getting both Serif and Sans Serif fonts displaying when viewing it on the iPhone. The main body appears in the Sans Serif font, but I have the bold character styles, subheads and even the numbers in the numbered lists are all displaying in a Serif Font.
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Hi Steve,
Yes, you are correct. It is Anne-Marie Concepcion's videos that I've been watching.
I understand what you are saying about testing in other readers and I will be looking into that further. However our main task is to get some of our client's manuals and documents into a digital version that can be read on Apple devices, as these are what are being used by their sales force.
We have already produced some documents for use on the iPad and have used iBooks Author for that with some success. They have now asked about getting something onto iPhones, so we are now looking into the ePub format to do that. I realise that ePubs can also be used on iPads, but we would still be pushing the iBooks Author files for use on iPads as there is more interactive widgets that can be included. But the main ePub reader that will be used is going to be iBooks, so we are looking to get something to work in that App. Other formats may follow, but we are starting with getting something to work on iBooks first.
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As I have mentioned, I am a total ePub newbie. I come from a mainly print background and my knowledge of CSS and HTML is very basic. I have an understanding of the concepts, but I would always rely on developers to produce websites that I may have designed.
You seem to be implying that it may be in iBooks where the issues lie and from viewing the file in ADE this would certainly look that way. So I am simply trying to establish what I would need to do to make it work in iBooks in a more satisfactory way.
I have included some screen grabs below to illustrate my problems...
ePub viewing in ADE
If it looked like this on the iPhone I would be relatively happy!!!
ePub on iPhone
The main body copy is displaying in a sans serif font (Helvetica?) yet the heading, subheadings, numbers of the numbered lists, address, URL and legal line are all displaying as a serif font. All the style sheets are assigned to the same font family in InDesign (Helvetica). I have managed to get the bold text to appear in the sans serif font, by mapping the character style to the "strong" tag in the Export Tagging dialogue. All other paragraph styles are left as "Automatic".
I can change the font in iBooks and this affects the displaying of all styles apart from the main body, which stays consistently in the "Helvetica" font.
iPhone Fonts
iPad Fonts
On the iPad I'm also getting some elements coming in justified which looks awfull (see the main heading above). This image also shows how changing to an alternative font changes the heading and subheadings, but does not affect the main body!!!
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I have to make ePUB with polish fonts.
I create a simple one page document in inDesign CS6 and export it to ePUB. All fonts are embedded.
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The ADE provides a preview, and nothing more than that. Actual viewers have other, more, or less capabilities -- some don't support embedded fonts, others do but with limitations, etc.
ComrelPL wrote:
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How exactly did you fix this problem? I am having the exact same issue (also trying to put one of my daughter's books into the iPad via Pages), and like you, I don't get all of the pages. I have Pages '09 4.1, and working on a MacBook Pro (2010 vintage). I have spent days trying to get this project sorted. I started with iBook, but the Apple ibook ePub like standard does not support the page turning function. I downloaded Pages last night and have this problem now. BTW, I tried to create a second book with a whole new set of images, and got the same problem (although on a different page number).
Any help would be appreciated, as my daughter is growing up fast.

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