Does the text size control on an ibook appear after publishing?

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Does the text size control on an ibook appear after publishing?

I'm using iBooks Author 2 on a Macbook Pro. When I preview on my iPad 3 running iOS7, the text size of my book is fixed to whatever size I set in iBooks Author. When I look at other books, I see a control at the top that allows me to enlarge or shrink the text as I prefer. I need to have this control on my book. I can't find any reference to it anywhere. Am I missing something, or does this feature get added automatically when I publish the book?

iBooks Author-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Nov 14, 2013 3:41 PM

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K T

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Nov 14, 2013 4:31 PM in response to publishorperish

Does the text size control on an ibook appear after publishing?

Yes, after publishing an .ibooks file.

Avoid Previews for all but the most rudimentary review of your book(s) - they are just simple PDFs, and not representative of how an .ibooks file will work when viewed via iOS.

Instead, use iBA's Share/Export menu to save off an .ibooks file, then drag that to iTunes, sync w/your iPad and check again.

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Nov 14, 2013 4:39 PM in response to K T

Thank you. This not only solved my question, it was a very good tip about preparing iBooks for publication.

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K T

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Nov 14, 2013 4:49 PM in response to publishorperish

You're welcome. Good luck w/your books.

Ken

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