Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Tip
An alternate technique for splitting a long document into smaller HTML
documents is to create individual InDesign documents for each section of
an EPUB, combine these into an InDesign topic, and then choose Export
Book To EPUB from the Book panel menu to generate the EPUB.
2.
Export another reflowable EPUB, but instead of using the Articles panel to specify
the content and order of an EPUB, this time choose Based On Page Layout from
the Content Order menu in the General section of the EPUB - Reflowable Layout
Export Options dialog box. Compare this version with the original.
Note
Several editors that can open .epub files for further editing are available.
Examples of such editors are <oXygen/> XML Editor and Bare Bones
Software's TextWrangler.
3.
If you're the adventurous type, you can “open” an EPUB file and then view its
component files. An EPUB file is essentially a compressed file that contains sever-
al folders and files. If you replace the .epub extension of an EPUB file with .zip,
you can then decompress the file using a file-decompression utility. You'll find
folders that contain the images in the InDesign document, as well as the fonts used
and the CSS style sheet. You'll also find seven XHTML files—one for each of the
seven pages in the EPUB. You can open these pages in Adobe Dreamweaver to
view the source code, preview the web page, and optionally, add more information
and functionality.
4.
Open the Recipes.css file (in the Lesson15 folder). Examine the HTML codes that
control the appearance of three paragraph styles (h1: Main Headlines; h2: Sub-
heads; and h3: Recipe Tagline). Change the color of paragraphs to which the Main
Headlines paragraph style is applied by changing its color number from 669933 to
DF0101. Save your changes to the Recipes.css file or choose Save As and create a
new file with a different name. Export another EPUB. (If you changed the file-
name, make sure to choose the new file in the Advanced section of the EPUB - Re-
flowable Layout Export Options dialog box.) Notice the different color applied to
the main headlines.
