Training and Certification

Publishing to the iPad using InDesign

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Overview

The Adobe Digital Publishing Suite is an integrated package for designers, publishers, agencies and companies of all sizes to publish engaging content and publications for tablet devices, such as Apple’s groundbreaking iPad.

This one-day training course enables you to add rich interactive features to your content for global distribution onto the iPad (iOS) and other tablet devices (Android). Create visuals and presentations in the Adobe Content Viewer and integrate these with Acrobat onto iPad and Android tablets.

On the workshop you’ll develop a stunning cycle trail brochure which incorporates the touch features that iPad users love. You’ll be equipped to apply your creativity to publish your own iPad content.

How will I benefit?

On completion of this course you'll be able to:

Build interactive content using Adobe Content Viewer
Reach new audiences and clients by publishing content to iOS and Android tablets

What will I learn?

How to use Adobe DPS overview
How to use Free Adobe Content Viewer workflow
Using the Folio Builder to build your content
Using Overlay Creator for interactive overlays
How to work with slideshows and image sequences
Working with web content and links
Panoramics
Sharing .issue files for free

Course Outline

Lesson	Description
The Adobe DPS (Digital Publishing Suite)	Overview of the DPS system Delivery mechanism Considerations
Adobe Content Viewer	Discuss the Viewer on the iPad and Android devices Creating an Acrobat.com free account Options for multiple workspaces Share for free with others
Adding interactive features	Creating hyperlinks Creating buttons Creating rollovers Placing movies and sound Multi-state objects (MSO) Previewing in-application
Digital publishing tools	Downloading and installing new tools Logging into the new tools
The folio Builder	Signing into your account Create your content infrastructure
Overlay creator	Creating hyperlinks Multi-state objects and slideshows Image sequences Movies and sounds Panoramics Web content and clippings Pan, zoom and pinch
Creating a custom viewer	Single folio viewer Multiple folio viewer Considerations
Uploading published documents	Uploading your content Updating content Share with others Deployment guidelines
Viewing content	Downloading the Adobe Content Viewer Signing into your account Viewing your .issue

Course Dates

Please get in touch with us for information on when we are running this course.

More information about this course

Attending the course:

The course starts at 9:30 am and finishes at 5:00 pm.
We're open from 8:30 am for coffee, papers and magazines and WIFI.
Important things like great coffee, tea, water, biscuits, mints and lunch are provided.
The course takes place in our training centre so no need to bring anything with you

Our Prices

The price published is fully inclusive.
We don't charge VAT (we're part of Leeds Metropolitan University so our courses are zero rated)

What you will need to publish content for the iPad

InDesign CS5/CS5.5
Folio Producer tools (Overlay Creator & Viewer Builder web dashboards).
An Adobe ID for signing into the Folio Builder panel web dashboard.
An internet connection.
A Mac OS computer running Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow leapard) or 10.7 (Lion).
Viewer Builder app (available on web dashboard).
Membership to Apple's iOS Developer Program ($99/£63 +VAT per year).
A Single Edition serial number, $350/£224+VAT (One-off licence to publish each app to the iTunes store).
An apple iPad is not strictly required, however is highly recommended that you prototype on an iPad before submitting your app to the iTunes store.

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Attendee Review (Participant review) Wed 2nd May 2012

"Great place to learn"

Attendee Review (Participant review) Wed 2nd May 2012

"There was various elements of the whole course that I found very helpful"