From the course: InDesign CC to EPUB (2018)
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Prepare tables for optimal conversion
From the course: InDesign CC to EPUB (2018)
Prepare tables for optimal conversion
- [Instructor] Now let's talk about tables. The good news is that InDesign does an actually excellent job of exporting your tables out to EPUB, and EPUB 3.0 does a good job of interpreting the markup that InDesign exports. But as usual, there are a couple of tips that I want to tell you about, and a gotcha. So, let's talk about that right now. I have a somewhat complex table on-screen with a header row and alternating fills, and then I have the same exact page on a second page that looks the same, except we don't have alternating fills. And there's a difference between these two. So let's see what the difference is in the output. Now, if you remember, if you're experimenting with a single document and you want to see a before and after for certain sections, your best bet is to use the Articles panel. So I have the Articles panel here, and I have created two articles, one for the first page and one for the second page. I'm gonna turn off the one for the second page, and now here is the…
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Maintain text frame spacing6m 58s
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Clean up text6m 49s
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Convert local formatting to styles7m 9s
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Map text styles to HTML and CSS tags7m 42s
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Prepare tables for optimal conversion5m 57s
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Add an in-book TOC7m 7s
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Indexes, footnotes, and endnotes7m 33s
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Embed fonts6m 13s
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Use the free Typekit fonts5m 7s
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