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Q: large X appear on new pages in iBooks Author

I am preparing a textbook with several figures and text.

After about 40 pages the file is 60 Mb but the problem is that every new page I create has a large X covering the page.

The large X also appear in the PDF export. In the iBooks preview, though, a small "?" sign appear on top left of the page...

What does it mean?

How can I solve this?

Thanks in advance

Filippo

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on May 31, 2016 10:45 AM

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  • by pamfrombalwyn,Helpful

    pamfrombalwyn pamfrombalwyn Jun 3, 2016 10:27 AM in response to jackvance
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    Jun 3, 2016 10:27 AM in response to jackvance

    With your book open in iBooks Author try View > Show Document Warnings.

     

    I expect you have a background image that cannot be located however hopefully the Document Warnings should give you a better clue.

  • by jackvance,

    jackvance jackvance Jun 3, 2016 10:31 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn
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    Jun 3, 2016 10:31 AM in response to pamfrombalwyn

    Thank you for your reply.

    In fact I did find 2 warnings telling me:

     

    Missing File   letterpress_paper_1536x2037-6.jpg

     

    and

     

    Missing File   letterpress_paper_1536x2037-9.jpg


    but I think I have never used such files in the document. I also searched my HD for them without success...

    Is this kind of file an internal library file of iBooks Author that is for some reason messing?

     

    Note that now I get this error on each new page I insert, regardless of the position where I try to put it. All the existing pages instead do not show warnings or large X over them.

     

    Thanks again,

    Filippo

  • by pamfrombalwyn,

    pamfrombalwyn pamfrombalwyn Jun 4, 2016 7:58 PM in response to jackvance
    Level 2 (335 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jun 4, 2016 7:58 PM in response to jackvance

    If you tell us which Template you started with it MAY assist?

     

    Does the error occur with EVERY new page regardless of which style of Page you are adding i.e is it only 1 column pages, 2 column pages etc... without knowing your template it is hard to guess.