Widgets using ibook author - centering images when resizing

When I drag and drop png files into my ibook author widgets and attempt to zoom out to the maximum, the top portion of the image gets cut off. What am I doing wrong?

You need to click on the edit mask button until a little grab hand icon appears( may have to click a few times)
with this hand you can click on the image and drag it around with in the frame (croping it however you want)
ie drag it down so top of image shows
Images should be at the resoultion the are going to display at.
they should be scaled/croped in photoshop etc befor bringing into IBA.

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Can't drag image into widgets using ibooks author

i have ibooks author 2.0 and i'm running on 10.8.2. i was working on ibooks author and suddenly i couldn't drag any pictures into the widgets, not the Interactive Image, not the Gallery. In the Gallery widget i could get around it by manually inserting pictures (tediously) using the inspector, but there's no option for that using the Interactive Image widget. i've restarted the computer, hasn't made any difference, any help would be appreciated, thanks

yes, it goes onto the page, but it won't go inside the widgets. i've also tried deleting and re-installing ibooks author and it hasn't resolved the issue

HT5067 When using a Keynote Widget with iBooks Author, do the transitions and builds between Keynote slides appear in the iPad preview version of the iBook, or only in the finished product?

I'm using the Keynote Widget in iBooks Author, and the Keynote presentation uses the Magic move transition between slides. When I preview the iBook on a new iPad, the Magic move transitions don't show up (i.e. the transition from slide to slide is standard, not Magic move). Any suggestions?

Hyperlinks and magic move should work but don't. However I found the following as a workaround for me. Use three slides instead of two to generate the magic move effect in Keynote presentations on Ibooks using hyperlinks only. As an example
Supose an object on slide 1 was set as a hyperlink to go to a slide which then had a magic move effect to a third slide. For some reason it works on the mac, but not on ibooks. However you can create the magic move transition effect by simply adding a "dummy slide" as follows. Suppose an object on slide 1 had an object which would hyperlink to slide 4. Duplicate Slide 4, and make the duplicate slide 5. Then set Slide 4 to automatically transition (with no effect) to the next slide (i.e. slide 5) after .5 seconds. Have Slide 5 set to transition to Slide 6 using magic move automatically after .5 seconds. By having the hyperlink point to slide 4 the magic move effect from Slide 5 to Slide 6 works fine (with a brief 1 sec delay). IF the hyperlink pointed directly to Slide 5, the magic move transition to slide 6 would not work.
For some reason having an extra slide makes magic move work even though it is not needed on the mac. I hpe this helps.

HT5544 How do I sync iBooks on iOS devices when I create an ebook using iBooks Author?

How do I sync iBooks on iOS devices when I create an ebook using iBooks Author?

Hello Ottoni1,
Thank you for the question. You can preview the book you created in iBooks Author in iBooks on your iPad using the following steps:
Preview a book or a chapter on iPad
Connect iPad to your Mac.
On the Home screen of your iPad, tap iBooks.
In iBooks Author, do either of the following:
Preview a book: Click the Preview button in the toolbar, or choose File > Preview.
Preview a chapter: Select the chapter you want to preview in the sidebar, then choose File > Preview Current Section Only.
Note: To preview on an iPad running iOS 7 or later, you need iTunes 11.1 or later installed on your Mac.
You can find the full article here:
iBooks Author: Preview a book in iBooks
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2807
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Can't advance Keynote Widget on iBooks Author

Using Keynote 9 (version 5.1.1) and OS X Lion (10.7.2) and experiencing problems with Keynote Widget for iBooks Author.
The drag-and-drop feature works fine; I see the first slide - but the arrow button appears to be grayed out. Can't advance through any of my (pretty basic) transitions.
I don't have an iPad, so I can't see if the iBooks file works on that device, but I figured that the Keynote Widget should show some functionality in iBooks Author since both an Interactive Image Widget and QuickTime movie I added elsewhere appears to work. [That image clicks just fine in iBooks Author.]
Also, when I click "Show transport controls" in the inspector, I see arrows and 1/7 (number of slides) - but clicking still doesn't seem to work.
Do I need to be using an iPad to see this particular functionality? Or is this some sort of silly user-error? (Or both?)
Any hints are much appreciated.

Thanks for your prompt reply.
Here is the support page I found to be less than "clear":
iBooks Author: About the Keynote widget (note the first bullet-point: "Adding a presentation to a Keynote widget"): http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5067
I subsequently found the other support doc that is more clear - affirming the correctness of your answer.
Even so, I encourage you to reconsider the use of the word "clearly," which comes across as needlessly condescending.

HTML5 audio widget for iBooks Author

Hello!
I'm creating a HTML widget for iBooks Author and I want to add a audio tag of HTML5 in my HTML file. When I do this, I test in Safari Browser and the audio sounds good, so I add my widget with the HTML file, sounds, Default.png and Info.plist and I do a Preview for see in iPad. When I open the widget in iPad the sound doesn't work and it show me a message like this:
"cannot play audio file"
The audio have a .m4a extension. I don't know what can I do...
Someone can help me, please?
Thanks!

Hi Crisiii,
I have the same problem. However, in my case it does work if I test the widget in an new empty book. When I add the widget to the real book it does not work. mabe you should do the test to troble-shoot and have a better idea of what is wrong in your case.
I will try to find a fix to the problem and let you know if I do. Please do the same if you find what the problem is.
Thank you.

Can widgets in iBooks Author appear inline?

Hello,
Can widgets in iBooks Author appear inline? I want them to move along with the rest of my text when I insert a new paragraph.
Thanks,
Eli

Confirm your understanding of 'inline' and anchors, floating etc., via
Publishing With iBooks Author
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How are you Using iBooks Author and Samples

I'm curious to see how everyone is using iBooks author to create books. Are most people copy/pasting content into their book or are they directly writing the content in the book? How many have just imported the information from another word processing program? Who is using the program for creating books for children, entertainment or work-related functions?
And that being said, I'm also interseted to see samples of how the books of others look on the iPad, including if possible the children's books, entertainment books or the work-related books. (Including how they incorporated widgets, theme in the pages, fonts, etc)
Me personally, I have been developing two books using iBooks author for work related fuctions. The first book is a training manual for a software program; the second book is a guide to all the reports that can be created in the software program. Both books have been well received by clients.

I generally find that, for creating the text, I'm better off with the word processor of my choice. That way, I get to focus on content and structure and I don't get distracted by layout and formatting issues. While working in the word processor, I use only the simplest of styles. (Logical styles rather than visual ones, the equivalen of HTML <H1>, <H2>, etc.
Once I'm happy with the text and I've done the copy editing, I import into the page layout program and do the layout.
Cheers,
Michi.

PNG-8, PNG-24, or does IBooks Author optimize images?

We have a fairly large reference book that is being converted to IBooks Author. The book contains hundreds of line art drawing that are being colored. Because of the large amount of drawings we are considering using PNG-8 format, but for some reason in the back of my mind I thought IBooks Author used PNG-24 only.
Does IBooks Author optimize images?
We are using Photoshop “Save for Web” feature to save the files. Dimensions are 2048 x 1536.
Here is the file size of 3 PNG-8 files: 42k, 58k, 55k
Here is the file size of the same 3 PNG-24 files: 71k, 102k, 99k
The colors and quality seems to stay the same. Can anyone see any “gotchas” before I continue? Hate to add hundreds of PNG-8 files only to need to replace them later.
Thanks,
Rhek

Drilling down into an exported .ibooks file, shows info an example png as follows:
Color Model: RGB
Depth: 8
DPI Height: 72
DPI Width: 72
Has Alpha: 1
Pixel Height: 174
Pixel Width: 250
Profile Name: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

Create ibook in 16:9 format using ibooks Author?

Hello.
I am designing an ibook that will primarily be viewed by mirroring through AppleTV to an HD TV. I'd like the ibook to view full screen on the TV. I realize this will letterbox the ibook when viewed on the iPad. Does anyone know if I can create a 16:9 aspect ratio ibook using iBooks Author?
Thanks for any ideas.

Working within a landscape layout, I'm sure you could come up with a recipe that would fit well enough, but the size/ratio is otherwise fixed for use with iBooks on iPad....for now.
If you goal is a specific content driver, you may want to consider using KeyNote slideshows output to QT.

Non US Resident submitting to iBookstore using iBooks Author

Hi, i want to submit a book using iBook author but I am a non US resident. I know i need to get a EIN which needs a ITIN before that. Can anyone share your experience in getting them? I see that its quite a lengthy process. Thanks.

UK residents DO NOT need an EIN - confirmed by the Apple Legal team. See below. Hope this helps everyone! All i needed was my IBAN...
Dear Team,
I'm not sure how, but when setting up my tax details on iTunes Connect i was faced with a page on which to enter my UK tax details. At the time i did not have an EIN, but now that i do i can't enter it. Please can this be entered onto my account for me?
Liz
Hi,
You do not need an EIN. Your contract is in effect, and you are ready to upload and sell books.
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Best regards,
The iTunes Store Legal Team
1 Infinite Loop, MS: 36-4ISM/ Cupertino, CA 95014, USA
[email protected] / Fax: 408-974-9105
Thank you. I uploaded my first book three weeks ago and it still isn't in the stores. There is lots of confusing info on your discussion sites and even the itunes connect page says everyone must have an EIN for a paid books account. I wondered whether my first book is taking so long to publish because I had filled something in wrong?
Thank you
Liz
Hi,
Nothing is wrong, we just changed our policy! So when you are an individual, NOT in the United States, you do not need an EIN.
If you want to check up on the status of your book approval process, please email [email protected]
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1 Infinite Loop, MS: 36-4ISM/ Cupertino, CA 95014, USA

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I am in the process of authoring an eBook using iBook Author. The project is a work in progress and I want to share the draft with other collegues. We each have our own iPads synced with other computers and we have different iTunes acounts. I attempted to preview the book on the new iPad, but the iPad did not come up in the available device window.
Am I missing something or is there a way around this?

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How to change the answer text within the review widget of iBooks Author?

I want to change the answer text which appears after one has finished a test within the review widget of iBooks Author, but I can't figuere out how to do that.
I also want to sum up the result of a couple of questions as a percentage. How does that work?
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Notice the answers inside the widget, each with a circle to the left - tap on one of those, which will then appear green with a checkmark in the center to indicate the correct choice.

Is there a limit to how much text I can put in the scrolling sidebar widget in iBooks author?

Is there a limit to how much text I can put in the scrolling sidebar widget in iBooks author? I have recently tried putting about 3,500 words into a scrolling sidebar widget, and I can't seem to get all of the text into the widget. Thoughts? ideas?

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Widget in ibooks author

I have made a widget with Dashcode. I have a list for access videos. It's fine on desktop. I place this widget in ibooks author and i can't see my list!!
In dascode i have check Network access .
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You should check via you iPad, but I would not expect it to see videos on your desktop either.
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Widgets using ibook author - centering images when resizing

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