Adobe Digital Publishing Suite with InDesign CC

This course teaches you how to use the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite family, which enables you to publish apps for iPad and other tablets.

What You Will Learn

• Create dynamic apps with inDesign using DPS for all leading tablets and smartphones
• Build more dynamic reading with video, sounds and interactivity
• Attract new readers and tap into new revenue streams using Digital Publishing Suite Single User Edition, Professional Edition or Enterprise Edition

Audience

Individuals and organizations that want to be able to create publications for mobile devices including tablets like the iPad mini/iPad/Retina iPad, Kindle Fire/Nook, iPhone, or Android 10

Prerequistes

• Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows
• Proficient user of InDesign

Course Outline

1. The Future of Publishing

• Single, Professional, and Enterprise Workflows
• Differences between iOS and Android viewers
• Understanding DPS Account Roles
• Using Adobe ID for Digital Publishing
• Digital Publishing Suite Pricing Options
• Prerequisites and System Requirements
• Installing Digital Publishing Tools
• Digital Publishing Suite Resources

2. Document Design

• Consider Digital "Page" Orientation
• Smooth Scroll Articles
• Swipe Articles Horizontally
• Snap to Page Articles
• Pinch and Zoom for Articles

3. Creating Documents

• Guidelines for Creating Documents
• Understanding DPS Tool Versions
• Differences Between PDF and JPG/PNG Image Format for DPS
• Documents with Horizontal and Vertical Orientation
• Snap to Page Document
• Smooth Scrolling Articles
• Documents for Multiple Devices
• Documents for the Retina iPad
• Content for the iPhone
• Folder Structure for Importing Articles
• Folders for Imported Articles
• Source Documents in CS6
• Source Documents in CS5 or CS5.5
• Creating a New DPS Document
• Overview of Liquid Layouts and Alternative Layouts
• Understanding Liquid Layouts Rules
• Using the Page Tool and Liquid Layout
• Liquid Page Rule as Object-Based
• Liquid Page Rule as Guide-Based
• Liquid Page Rule as Re-Center or Scale
• Liquid Page Rule Controlled from the Master Page
• Alternative Layouts
• Text Frame Options with Flexible Widths
• Utilizing Flexible Width
• Working in a Split Layout View
• Auto Size Text Frames
• Place and Link Objects
• Web Content Overlays- HTML Animation Using Adobe Edge

4. Interactivity

• Explore Methods to Create Overlays
• Identify Supported and Unsupported Interactivity Features
• Best Practices for Creating Overlays
• Folio Overlays Panel Basics

5. Buttons and Hyperlink Overlays

• Review the Supported and Unsupported Interactive Features
• Links Using the Buttons Panel
• Links Using the Hyperlinks Panel
• Links to Other Articles
• navto Hyperlinks for HTML Articles
• Assets in the HTML Resources Folder
• Links to External Apps and Services
• Control the Appearance of Hyperlinks and Slideshows in the Viewer

6. Slideshow Overlays

• Multistate Object
• Slideshow Overlay Settings

7. Image Sequence Overlays

• Image Sequence Overlay
• Image Sequence Settings

8. Audio and Video Overlays

• Audio and Video Formats
• Placing an Audio File into an Article
• Adding a Progressive Playback Skin
• Audio Overlay Settings
• Placing an Video File into an Article
• Video Overlay Settings
• Specifying a Poster Frame

9. Panorama Overlay

• Panorama File
• Panorama Overlay Settings
• Creating a Panorama File with Third Party App

10. Pan and Zoom Overlays

• Large Dimension Image File
• Pan and Zoom Overlay Settings

11. Scrollable Frames and Interactive Overlays

• Simple Image and Text Frames
• Simple Scrollable Image Frame Using "Paste Into"
• Simple Scrollable Text Frame
• Scrollable Frames with Multiple Objects
• Nesting Interactive Overlays
• Interactive Overlay Functions to Scrollable Frame Content

12. Web Content Overlays

• Web Content to an Article Page
• "Local" HTML Web Content
• "Twitter" Feed
• Web Content Overlay Settings
• "Insert HTML."

13. Interactive Overlays

• Nested Interactive Overlays with Pan and Zoom
• Scrolling Frame Trick with Trays
• Nested Interactive Overlays with Slideshows
• Nested Interactive Overlays with Scrollable Frames
• Buttons with Multiple Actions

14. Adding Interactivity an Overview of New Apps

• Adding Animation and Interactivity
• Using Edge with inDesign
• Using Muse with inDesign

15. Creating Folios

• Exploring the Folio Builder Panel
• Sign into Folio Builder Panel
• Create a Folio
• Folio Properties
• Offline Folio
• Sharing and Deleting Folios

16. Creating Articles and Layouts

• Create an Article from an Open Document
• Add a Layout to an Article
• Structuring Folders for Imported Articles
• Importing a Folder of InDesign Documents
• Import an HTML Article

17. Managing Articles with Folio Builder

• Add and Change Article Properties
• Edit and Update an Article
• Copy an Article to Another Folio
• Rename and Delete an Article
• Change the Order of Articles
• Relink Articles to the Source Files

18. Managing Articles with DPS Dashboard Folio Producer

• DPS "Single Edition" Features
• Publishing Overview
• Digital Publishing Suite Dashboard
• Folio Producer Organizer
• Change Folio Publishing Settings
• Folio Producer- Editor
• Content Order in a Folio and Sharing Articles Between Folios
• Importing HTML Resources

19. Preview Folios and Articles

• Using the Desktop Viewer to Preview Content
• Offline Folios
• Preview Folios on iPad or iPhone
• Navigate Using the Viewer
• Using the Android Viewer to Preview Content
• Use Preview on Device: Generic App
• Use Preview on Device: Custom App

20. Single Folio Viewer App

• Export Folios for Single Folio Viewer
• Download and Test the Viewer App
• Submit and Manage the Viewer App

21. Viewer Builder

• Checklist for Multi-Folio Viewer for iPad and IPhone
• Checklist for Multi-Folio Viewer fo Android and Amazon
• Create a Custom Viewer App for the iPad and iPhone
• Viewer Details Panel
• Entitlement Details Panel (Enterprise)
• Subscription Details Panel
• Icons and Splash Screen Panel
• Newsstand
• Navigation Toolbar Panel (Enterprise)
• Social Sharing
• Provisioning Panel
• Build Details Panel
• Downloading and Testing the Viewer App
• Submitting and Managing the Viewer App

22. Create a Custom Viewer App for Android and Amazon Fire Devices

• Checklist for Custom Viewer App for Amazon Appstore
• Workflow Checklist
• Create a Custom Viewer App for Android Devices
• Entitlement Details (Enterprise)
• Subscription Details
• Icons and Splash Screen Panel
• Navigation Toolbar Panel (Enterprise)
• Provisioning Panel
• Build Details Panel
• Download and Test the Android Viewer App

23. Analytics Service

• Analytics for Professional & Enterprise
• SiteCatalyst Overview for Professional and Enterprise

24. Developer Program

• iOS Publishing for Professional and Enterprise App
• iOS Publishing for Single Edition App
• Android Publishing Professional and Enterprise App
• Amazon Publishing Professional and Enterprise App

25. Troubleshooting

• Installation issues
• Troubleshoot

  Course Labs

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