InDesign Styles (video)

In this video, you’ll deep dive into the best use of character, paragraph, object, table, and cell styles.

  • Subject(s):

    Ebook Production

  • Resource Type(s):

    Step-by-Step

  • Audience:

    Non-technical

Suggested Prerequisite

Before reading this, you might want to watch:

What We’ll Cover

  • Page break markers;
  • Delete unused styles;
  • Demo of LiveIndex (https://www.id-extras.com/products/liveindex/);
  • Turning on Style Override Highligher;
  • Editing the Word-imported styles;
  • Demo paragraph styles/character styles;
  • Show the value of object styles/table styles/styles; and
  • Edit all export tags superpowers.

Supplementary Materials

Download the PageStaker script here.

Next Steps

1

Review all the EPUB export options in InDesign

InDesign EPUB Export Options (video)

A thorough review of all the EPUB export options from InDesign.

Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Audience:
Technical
2

All the things needed to clean up an EPUB post-InDesign export

EPUB from InDesign Cleanup (video)

Take a raw InDesign-exported EPUB and cleaning it up with accessibility in mind. Adding semantics, page breaks, HTML 5, clean CSS, and accessibility metadata.

Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Audience:
Technical
3

Deep dive into validation and testing

Validation and Testing (video)

Introduction to validation and accessibility testing tools including a demonstration of their limitations. Introduction to testing for accessibility with screen readers, voice over, etc.

Subject(s): Ebook Production
Resource Type(s): Step-by-Step
Audience:
Technical

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