From the course: InDesign CC to EPUB (2018)

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Validate EPUB2 and EPUB3 files

Validate EPUB2 and EPUB3 files

From the course: InDesign CC to EPUB (2018)

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Validate EPUB2 and EPUB3 files

- [Instructor] Do you remember back in the beginning of this course when I talked about the overview of the workflow? So all the work that we've done so far with the structure and the text and the images has brought us to this point where we have tweaked the InDesign file, we've exported it to EPUB, we're previewing the rough proof, going back to InDesign, fixing things like layout order or table of contents and so on, and previewing the rough proof. Now the next step is to validate the EPUB. The validation step is really important because it not only makes sure that you're EPUB meets the standards of the EPUB spec so that you can be confident that other EPUB devices and software programs will be able to read it, but it's also a requirement before you're allowed to distribute it and sell it on most manufacturers websites like the Nook store or the iBook store, or the Kindle store, it has to be a valid EPUB file. So let's talk about how do you do that. I'm going to jump to Chrome here…

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