You design Adobe Acrobat eBooks in a word processor or page layout program and then convert their documents to PDF. You can then perform any lastminute tweaks in Acrobat, such as adjusting text flow or linking multimedia objects, and then view your final product in the Adobe Acrobat eBook Reader on your computer, laptop, or on a Palm OS or Microsoft Pocket PC handheld device. Note that Acrobat 6 and Adobe Reader 6 now support the purchase and downloading of eBooks. As of this writing, Adobe plans to discontinue the Acrobat eBook Reader, though users of that program can continue to purchase and download eBooks as long as current eBook distributors support that program. PDF files come in three document structure flavors — unstructured, structured, and tagged. Structured PDF files enable you to convert or repurpose a PDF for another format, such as RTF (Rich Text Format), while retaining much of the original page layout and reading structure. Tagged PDF files have the highest degree of success in retaining their original formatting when converting to RTF and are also able to reflow text, which is not the case with unstructured or structured PDF files. For the purpose of creating eBooks, then, you should always use tagged PDF files, because they offer the most flexibility when it comes to viewing the final product on the greatest number of viewing devices.
The following programs allow you to convert their documents to tagged PDF files in order to build an eBook:
_ FrameMaker SGML 6.0 (Windows and Mac OS)
_ FrameMaker 7.0 (Windows and Mac OS)
_ PageMaker 7.0 (Windows and Mac OS)
_ InDesign 2.0 (Windows and Mac OS)
_ Microsoft Office (Windows 2000 and XP only)
Adobe Reader 6 and Acrobat 6 were developed to provide a means of viewing PDF eBooks on a computer screen or laptop. Because of their size, computer screens are well suited to display graphically rich page layouts that re-create the reading experience of a printed book. For designing these types of eBooks, page layout programs (PageMaker, InDesign, or FrameMaker) are the best tools to use. In addition to allowing complex page layouts, their ability to create tagged PDF files adds a higher degree of accessibility for visually challenged users viewing PDF files in either Adobe Reader or Acrobat.
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Thanks its really interesting article to know about Designing eBooks for Different Devices.As you said that we design Adobe Acrobat eBooks in a word processor or page layout program and then convert their documents to PDF. we can then perform any lastminute tweaks in Acrobat.PDF files come in three document structure flavors — unstructured, structured, and tagged. Its easy.
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