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How can I create an iBook using iBooks Author using images from a PDF?

I have a complex book with custom fonts and lots of images, and the client wants it on the iPad. So my most reasonable option seems to be to take images from a PDF and use them for the pages. However, images in iBook Author don't get "laid out" as expected in Portrait mode. How can I create a layout that is essentially one image per page in portrait mode, and then convert that to landscape mode? Or is there an easier way to go about this?

Posted on May 22, 2012 2:08 PM

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May 27, 2012 4:53 AM in response to activadesign

get out of the textbox and just drag the image to the page (a blank area with no handles). I use landscpe all the time and have no issues with full page graphics if they are not connected (inline) with text. You can alwasy add a textbox later after the image is placed. Make sure you have disabled portrait in the Inspector.

May 29, 2012 6:57 AM in response to tk0us

tk0us wrote:

Make sure you have disabled portrait in the Inspector.

I don't understand why portrait mode defaults images and other "widgets" to thumbnails. The original format of the book (and of 99% of all books I'm guessing) is in portrait format. By forcing the book to work only in landscape mode it's forcing the page image to be half the size, and that makes using this book particularly difficult. Is there no way to force the pages to be full-size in portrait mode?

How can I create an iBook using iBooks Author using images from a PDF?

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