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Fixed layout for Ebooks
Dear Community,
i have created a Power Point presentation (approx. 300 slides) that i would like to convert into an ebook. The presentation contains many pictures and different fonts. Is it possible with Sigil to create a fixed layout? Are there any other options that wont be too expensive? Is there a free software? It would be best if i can run the program on a MAC. The ebool should be readable on Kindle and Ipad if possible. Do you have an recommandations for me? Maren from Berlin! |
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Wie Geht's Maren! Welcome to MR Forum!
There is a good sub-forum for asking formatting/project questions: The Workshop As I have heard repeatedly, Fixed Format ebooks are a real pain to work with and not all devices support them. However, the easiest way I can think of would be to save each slide as an image - then make each image it's own page in the book using an SVG wrapper like this: Code:
<body> <div> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="100%" preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 1000 1600" width="100%" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><image height="1600" width="1000" xlink:href="../Images/image.jpg" /> </svg> </div> </body> *make sure to update viewBox="0 0 1000 1600" as well as <image height and width> with your image's dimensions* Code:
<div class="whatever"><img alt="" src="../Images/example.jpg" /></div> with CSS: .whatever {width:100%; max-width:2015px} *set max-width to the actual width of that image* *add any other styling to your preferences* Tschüs! |
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Be sure to let people know it is a FIXED layout ebook. There is no way I will ever read it, fixed layout is a bad word to me. Quote:
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Now moved to the Workshop.
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Fixed Layout? Use PDF instead of raping a dynamic layout format.
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ePUB documents are dynamic, and though embedding your fixed formatting in SVG images in a ePUB is possible, it would make much more sense to simply use a PDF.
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Thank you all for your solutions! I will try to work my way through now ;-)
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One more question about that PDF. How does the PDF work on different mobile devices? How can I be sure that it will always look the same on ipdad, kindle, etc.? Can i publish PDF´s normally through iTunes or Amazon?
Thanl you for all the help! |
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The problem with pdf (and all fixed layouts) is, that it looks the same on every device. If you make your pdf to look good on an ipad, it would be nearly unreadable on a phone.
One question: You want to sell a book only consisting of your slides? I don't know how others think about this, but I wouldn't call that a book. Aren't slides more like notes? Wouldn't it be better to actually write down your presentation? |
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Even if you resort to fixed layout, keep in mind that the readers that do support fixed layout all have their own variant.
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Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding, ladies and gents, we have a WINNER! Each of the major retailers have their OWN specifications for FXL. If you plan to do an FXL book, you'll need to follow those specifications. I can warn you in advance that going directly from Powerpoint-->almost anything is a huge pain. You might indeed do better to screenshoot them all, but without knowing something more about the content, I can't assist. Got a page/slide we can see? Or a dummy, that looks LIKE your slides, in large part? Hitch |
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@Marenkus - have you considered converting your Powerpoint document to a Word document. If the material is mainly textual then a DOCX may be a better starting point than a PPTX.
I've also seen PPT presentations converted to video to good effect. BR |
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You're right of course, was just thinking outside the square. Would need to be very simple PPT. If there are lots of notes attached to the slides then it may also be worthwhile.
Publishing PPT to PDF is usually OK, but the resultant PDF usually falls into the 'don't even think about converting' bucket. BR |
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I ended up putting the Word output file into outline view, and used that to do my cleanup, to get consistent styles set on everything. Then I regexed it to hell and gone, to assign para styles to the heading styles (that outline view uses). So...that would be my DIY suggestion. For a really good result, I'd probably say, this might be best left to professionals. I don't always say that, despite what some folks might think, but some things really are. Hitch |
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