Fixed layout epub displaying incorrectly on PC, but correctly on Mac

I have a fixed layout epub that I created in InDesign. The file displays correctly in ADE on Mac, but is a mess in ADE on Windows (the text is huge, the images are scattered, and most content is off the page). The file also displays correctly in iBooks and Calibre on Mac (I only have a DRM version on the PC so I can't view in Calibre for PC). What might the issue be? What additional information can I provide to help troubleshoot?

I just read that.
Thanks for the heads up.
This is not giving high hopes though. I know it's new-ish and all but if people have to go out of there way to read these that is not going to make it a very popular format. Apple has there stuff together but as for Windows and Android they really need to step it up. Adobe needs to take the initiative and add this to Acrobat or crate a new viewer for epub in my humble opinion.
Thanks again.

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<itemref idref="s002" linear="yes" properties="rendition:page-spread-center"/>
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but ,they all don't work.

This is the code you use to tell iPad to display in landscape mode.
[?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?]
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Replace the brackets to carets and you're good to gol Name the file:
com.apple.ibooks.display-Options.xml
and it's put in the META-INF folder
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I've created a kids book with inDesign CC which works fine on iPad but when I upload the book to Amazon KDP, the font which is a truetype font and not protected doesn't display properly. It has unusual spacing between the charaters and sometimes the letters overlap each other. Can i embed this font somehow to have it display properly? I can't find an option anywhere to do that. Or will I have to change the font entirely? Many thanks.

Hi Yves,
Yes, it is an SIL license. I am not using Allatuq anymore, I switched to Quicksand which I got from fontsquirrel.com.
Yes, there is a fixed layout epub option in inDesign CC 2014:
It even has some default sizing options though I have gone with a custom size to account for larger devices, desktop reading etc and am hoping that it's going to work.
The Kindle previewer (desktop version) displays perfectly.
The online previewer has had some display issues with what looks like drop shadows on some images but i'll need to look at the actual file on multiple devices to see what the reality is.
There are some inconsistencies between how the fonts look in the previewers. The online one is not perfect and the desktop previewer displays exactly as designed so again, I won't really know until I can get my hands on the devices. There is also a sizing issue with the online previewer that the desktop previewer doesn't seem to have. And then there will be the issue that the "purchase" file isn't consistent with the preview file you download so not sure how it will all pan out yet.
I had lots of overlapping and other character spacing issues until I changed my font to the OTF Quicksand with the SIL License. I'm hoping the drop shadows are just an issue with the online previewer.
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I have created fixed layout epub file, its display vary on indian iPad and German iPad

Hi All,
I have created a fixed layout epub file. I've viewed this in Indian iPad it disply seems good, but the same epub file i've viewed by German iPad its display vary. I dont know why this displays vary on iPad. This is iPad problem or iPad settings vary on different countries.
Please find below the iPad screen shots.
Indian iPad
German iPad
Kindly advise if anyone faced this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Thnaks & Regards,
U.Arikrishnan.

Hi Tom,
Please find below the images taken from the two different ipad,
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German iPad
I've faced this kind of issues in multiple books. I know there is no differnce in manufacturing but why this happened?
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U.Arikrishnan.

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Hi,
After creating the doc in the Indesign cc, I exported it to the fixed layout epub format. The result was catastrophic! The images, text, font size - everything was chaos. I needed the epub to be working in ipads and android tablets.
Can anybody help? Need to deliver it to my customer on priority.
I tried the output in ibooks, Aldiko, ADE and a few other popular readers.
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Hi Ananda,
Adobe Digital Editions has come up with a new update ADE 4. You can view your Fixed Layout EPUB here. Please note that ADE 4 on Mac works fine with FXL EPUB exported from InDesign CC 2014, you might see some issue on Windows though. We are aware of the issues and the team is working on fixing these issues with ADE on Windows.
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Having trouble with a blank page in this epub (link to epub file on acrobat.com).
I've read a couple of threads, and have exported the indd as an indb and reopened (trying to mitigate the possibility of the file being corrupt). I had to fix a date in the content.opf that was in the MM/DD/YYYY format (reformatted to YYYY-MM-DD). To repackage the epub, I created a new zip file, and added the mimetype file first, and then added the META-INF and OEBPS folders. Everything checks out at EPUB Validator (beta) Results. The file looks horrid in Adobe Digital Editions 3.0, but looks great in Calibre.
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It's always the 3rd page that is blank, even after removing multiple pages, which I find curious.
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Hi,
The file is missing here: (link to epub file on acrobat.com). Could you post it again?
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Hi Steve, I am a regular subscriber to Creative Cloud and have updated all apps. My version of Adobe InDesign does show 2014.1 under About InDesign.
Believe it or not, one of the more helpful videos out in Adobe TV land showed interactive under the Object menu:
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I'm on an iMac and use all Apple products. I've tossed Windows to the wind.
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Mary

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I have this niggling thought that I can't seem to shake off, so I'll air
it out here:
What is the difference between a fixed-layout ePub and a PDF? I mean,
what is the intrinsic difference? Isn't a PDF precisely a fixed-layout
ePub, only better?
A PDF has searchable text. It can be enlarged or reduced at will on the
screen. In a fixed-layout ePub, the line breaks are fixed, as are the
position of the graphics.
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EPUB allows access to new distribution options and new tooling and integration options (ex: HTML animation/interactivity) also become possible because EPUB is based on web technologies.
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So, I've now installed from Creative Cloud, the Extend Script tool kit as well as Extension Manager.   I also installed Edge Inspect CC.
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mary

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I'm on an iMac and use all Apple products.   I've tossed Windows to the wind.
Thank you so much for your support.
Mary

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Currently InDesign does not let you enter your preferred resolution while exporting. it has to be from the available choices-72,96,150,300 ppi.
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