Los Angeles InDesign User Group
Adding Interactivity to InDesign Documents
Thursday, February 17-18, 2021
Zoom Chat Q&A
Q: Is there a link that shows what all of these page formats look like?
A: Intro video showing various types of page formats: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/?ref=footer
Q: Would love to be able to see a gallery of sorts of projects or pub samples that were made with these features and tools?
A1: Here is the Customer Showcase with sample projects. https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/showcase.php#
A2: Here are more customer examples: https://ajarproductions.com/in5course/?lesson=examples
A3: Here are some videos and demo files: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/demos.php
Q: What if you have created an interactive ebook with InDesign and in5? What does the export process look like?
A: You actually export to HTML5 from the in5 menu. You aren't exporting to iBook/ebook. All of the exported in5 content — regardless of page format — is HTML5
Q: Can the video autoplay?
A: Yes, here is an article about Autoplaying Audio and Video with InDesign and in5:
Q: Can you customize that x button?
A: Yes, all of the parts of the pop-up are made from InDesign objects
Q: Can I export more documents together as a book, like the export in PDF over the book function? For example 10 chapters?
A1: There are a couple of options. If you have a book set up, there's a script you can use to merge it.
Then you'd export that. Here's the script: https://creativepro.com/topic/collect-individual-files-contained-in-a-bookin-
A2: You can set up a main document, export it and all of the other documents separately, and then link
from the main doc to the others https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/03/13/link-from-one-document-toanother-
Q: So everything has to be in .png format?
A: No, you can use other formats for the image sequence.
Q: Can you also use AE for exporting images?
A: Yes, you would export an image sequence to a folder, then in in5, select that folder
Q: Is there any other way to have a responsive layout without creating two different sizes?
A: Yes, in that it can scale with Desktop Scaling or Liquid Layout. It's more of a flexible layout https://ajarproductions.com/in5course/?lesson=flexlayouts
Q: So the in5 features would work if you use InDesign's publish online function?
A1: It would work in that it's an InDesign document, so features like the pop-up or the menu are built with InDesign features, but Publish Online is different from in5
A2: This article has some info about Publish Online (scroll down a bit)
Q: Can the HTML live inside of an iframe on a webpage?
A: Yes, you embed content in an iframe that gets exported with in5 and you can export your in5 content and embed it in an existing site with an iframe
Q: I missed the link to the Wordpress plugin
A1: You can get the Wordpress Plug-in here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajar-productions-in5-embed/
A2: Here is an article about the Wordpress plug-in: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/04/10/instantpublishing-from-indesign-and-in5-with-wordpress-plugin/
Q: Are you developing integration with Squarespace at any time in the future?
A: You can embed your exported in5 content in a Squarespace site.
Q: When you design MSO objects, I missed where you create the different states/graphics.
A1: The states are created with InDesign’s Interactive Panel called “Object States”
A2: You can make the graphics or import them and then make them into states
Q: I am using InDesign CS6. Does in5 work on CS6?
A: Yes, in5 will work with CS6
Q: I publish a stamp journal for a non-profit. Does in5 have special pricing for a non profit?
A1: Because of the high level of technical support provided by the Ajar Productions team, there are not any student discounts or non-profit discounts. If anyone would like to download the free trial of in5, it's available here: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/download.php
A2: Here are the prices for the various plans: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/purchase.php
Q: Are pixel perfect exported in5 documents accessible? I need to make sure anything I create is accessible by a screen reader.
A1: You can use the Mobile Article Explorer with pixel perfect text: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/10/23/mobile-article-explorer-in5-v3-1-sneak-peek/
A2: Here's more info on accessibility: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/07/24/how-to-export-accessible-508-compliant-html-layouts-from-indesign/
Q: Scrolling frames?
A: Justin created a simple panel that will let you control scrolling with zero coding. More information can be found here: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2015/12/08/universal-scrolling-frames-for-indesign/
Q: If I create a Flipbook for our client and save out for the page curl effect, can you advise best way to make avail on web
A: https://ajarproductions.com/in5course/?lesson=pubweb
Q: Can an in5 file also be a fillable form, rather than having a form pdf?
A1: There are a couple of ways to do forms. First, ID form elements: https://ajarproductions.com/pages/products/in5/answers/5618/how-do-i-program-a-submit-form-button
A2. Second, Google forms: https://ajar.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/26000031043-how-to-include-a-submittable-form-in-your-indesign-document
Q: Here's how to save data locally:
A: https://ajar.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/26000035159-saving-form-data-locally-using-in5
Q: Can you use in5 withBlogger/Google or is it only for Wordpress?
A: Here's the in5 WordPress plugin: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/04/10/instant-publishing-from-indesign-and-in5-with-wordpress-plugin/ We don't have a plugin for Blogger — you could check to see if you can embed the in5 content in a iframe.
Q: Does in5 have capabilities that allow data in tables to be filterable and/or sortable at all?
A: You could try embedding a Google Sheets spreadsheet
Q: Could we build a wheel like that in In5?
A1: I have a spinning wheel in one of the videos in this playlist (made with in5): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoE15JC0nv3bnMjVWH7qSSgYLR3GYvfmC
A2: Or you could build a wheel in Animate, export it as an OAM file, place that in ID and export with in5: https://ajarproductions.com/blog/2017/09/18/sophisticated-animation-interactivity-into-indesign-out-to-html5-in5-v3-1-sneak-peek/
Ajar Productions Contact Information
Website: http://ajarproductions.com
Link to download in5: http://in5.us
Email: support@ajarproductions.com
Additional Resources
Free course on Ajar Academy for Publishing to Your Own Custom Domain and Website: https://academy.ajarproductions.com/p/publishing-to-your-own-custom-domain-website-free
Becoming a Digital Publishing Master with in5 course: https://ajarproductions.com/in5course/index.php
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