Any tips for mixed InDesign file and PDF for cellphone mobile

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Hi!I need to create a book for an Architects' Conference due in 3 days, and it would be nice if it looked good on mobile phones. The problem is that I can create the 10-page Table of Contents in InDesign, but I already have an A4 PDF for the rest, which is also 1,500 pages. I don't have time to design the interior in InDesign; I have to use it as is. The Table of Contents will have links to the internal articles. How do I combine the two files? Is this possible? I'd like to at least make the Table of Contents look good on mobile phones or adapt it to the size, but I don't know if that can be done in PDF format. Can I design the Index or Table of Contents with Liquid Layout? Epub is not universal to all people in the Conference so it is not an alternative. I know this is a lot of information, and maybe I'm not entirely clear about it. Sorry, English isn't my first language. Perhaps there are other options,  that I do not have in mind. Any ideas, tips, or options? Anything would be very welcome. Thanks 1000! &#128521;

Mike Witherell · Answer

To look good on a smartphone screen means usually making a EPUB.

A step lower would be a PDF.

But 1500+ pages inside of 3 days? That is highly unreasonable.

But you could design the Table of Contents pages in InDesign; export to PDF; then combine the 2 PDFs together, and then build some Bookmarks from the front ToC pages to the major articles.

A 1500 page anything is going to be an unwieldy large document to put on a smartphone.

Why not tell them no?

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