Overview
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Learn to use multistate objects to add interactivity to fixed-layout EPUBs and other digital publications.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What you should know before watching this course
- Using the exercise files
- Customizing your workspace in InDesign
- Creating a document for digital output
- Previewing your work
- Multistate objects and the Object States panel
- Creating content for basic MSOs
- Using layers to create MSOs
- Using pages to create MSOs
- Adding or removing a state
- Adding content to a state
- Removing and repositioning content
- Adding multiple objects as states
- Removing bleed from MSOs for DPS
- Using buttons outside MSOs
- Using buttons inside an MSO
- Using Object States Assistant
- Using the Folio Overlays panel (DPS only)
- Creating a pop-up
- Using MSOs as a video mask (DPS only)
- Using MSOs to create a video controller
- Using MSOs to prevent swipe navigation (DPS only)
- Using animations to add slide transitions (EPUB only)
- How to add an MSO to a state
- Creating "master states"
- Adding objects to nested MSOs
- Using Object States Assistant with nested MSOs
- Challenge: Adding navigation and editing objects
- Solution: Adding navigation and editing objects
- Next steps
