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PUBLISHING FOR THE ADOBE DIGITAL CONTENT VIEWER Adobe Digital Magazine Solution
Content Bundler
5 Click Export Issue. 6 In the Export Options dialog box, choose Single File from the Issue pop-up menu and use the default export settings
for Dimension (1024x768). Click OK. The Export Options dialog box is where you can upload your magazine issue to a server. For the first tutorial, you’re going to create a single issue file and manually add it to the Preview Tool. For the next tutorial, you’ll learn how to upload files to a test server Adobe has provided. 7 Specify a known location of the file (such as the Meridien_Issue folder), type the name of the file, such as
MeridienTest.issue, and click Save. A prompt lets you know if the file exported successfully. The digital magazine issue is created in the folder you specified. Now you’re ready to add the issue you just created to your iPad. View the bundled issue on the iPad The Preview Tool is a generic version of the Viewer that displays .issue files on your iPad. When you publish your content, you’ll have your own version of the Viewer with custom branding. Adding content to the Preview Tool from your desktop is called sideloading (as opposed to downloading from a server). Sideloading content is useful for testing content on the iPad. In the next tutorial, you’ll learn how to upload the magazine issue to a server and then download it directly from your iPad. 1 If you have not already done so, install the Digital Content Preview Tool from the App Store on your iPad or from
the iTunes store. The app appears on your iPad as “Adobe Preview.” 2 On your iPad, start the Preview Tool. When prompted, sign in using a verified Adobe ID.
Your iPad must be connected to the internet for you to sign in. If you have difficulties signing in, see “Viewer troubleshooting” on page 46. 3 Connect your iPad to your computer, and sync the device to make sure that the Adobe Preview app is added to
iTunes.
Prelease Last updated 10/20/2010