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Creating source InDesign documents
Guidelines for creating InDesign documents
Create source InDesign documents (InDesign CS5 and CS5.5)
Create source InDesign documents (InDesign CS6 and CC)
If you’re basing a digital magazine article on an existing print article, creating a new document is usually the easiest approach. To repurpose a
document, you can change settings in the Document Setup dialog box. Specify a page size (such as 1024 x 768 for the iPad SD) and orientation
(portrait or landscape). For dual-orientation folios in which customers can view content either horizontally or vertically, you can create two separate
documents for each article—one portrait and one landscape. If you’re using InDesign CS6, you can also create alternate layouts within the same
document.
Do not use facing pages in your source documents—use only one page per spread.
Guidelines for creating InDesign documents
Turn off facing pages. Do not use the Page tool to change the page size, unless the page is smooth scrolling.
When creating your design, remember that a 6-pixel scroll bar crops the right edge of the article layout. Consider adding a guide or object on
the master page to mark this area.
When designing layouts, you might want to account for the navigation bars that appear when users tap the background. The top navigation
bar is 20- or 40-pixels (SD or HD) for the system status bar plus 44- or 88-pixels for the top navigation bar. The bottom navigation bar is 44-
or 88-pixels. Enterprise apps can display an additional navigation bar with custom navigation icons. This additional navigation bar is 56- or
112-pixels.
To avoid large folio files, use properly sized JPEG and PNG files for interactive assets such as image sequences, pan & zoom images, and
panoramas. For non-interactive images or slideshow images, you can use any format, including PSD, TIFF, AI, PDF, and JPEG. When you
create an article or layout, the non-interactive objects on each page are compressed and converted into a single PNG, JPEG, or PDF
background image file. Similarly, slideshow and button images are compressed into PNG files.
When creating images to be used in interactive overlays, use the Save for Web & Devices option in Photoshop for best results.
If you place PDF files in your InDesign document, use non-flattened PDF 1.4 or later to avoid unwanted white lines.
For InDesign CS6/CC, you can set up links between text frames in different layouts. For InDesign CS5/CS5.5, you can use an InCopy-based
feature to share text between portrait and landscape documents. See Rufus Deuchler’s video
.
To get the best color fidelity, use RGB color images instead of CMYK or LAB.
For non-interactive content, you can use any image type. Non-interactive content is resampled as an image with the same dimensions as the
folio size. For guidance on creating interactive content, see Best practices for creating overlays.
iPad layout templates for the Digital Publishing Suite
Working with Styles and Layers
Keith Gilbert created 1024x768 templates
for InDesign CS5. These templates include
guides to provide a safe area from scroll
bars and menus on the iPad....
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