Creating a scrollable InDesign document?

[davidh70966395]

Hi all,

I've created an InDesign document that I would like my audience to scroll through, versus having to click through page-by-page. It's obviously very long, to accommodate the scroll.

When I hit Publish Online, the document comes up showing the full height of the document (see image). What I need is to show the full width of the document. Otherwise it's obviously unreadable!

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I appreciate it.

David

[Geоrge]

Why not to do export PDF with scrolling view?

[amaarora]

Hi,

what is the height of your single page document?

I doubt exporting to pdf would help when compared to publish online

-Aman

[davidh70966395]

Hi Aman,

The document is 11 inches wide and 180 inches long. (Crazy, I know.)

Most formatting I've tried defaults to the length of the document, not the width. I'm assuming there's a function for Publish Online that will allow me to default to the width of the document.

David

[BobLevine]

Honestly, re-reading this, I'd say your best bet is a single page website.

Personally, I'd do it with WordPress but you can do some nice stuff with Muse, too.

[amaarora]

Hi,

I agree with Bob. Your file largely is all images with little text formatting.. a simple web page should solve your problem.

What about zooming so that the scroll bar comes?

-Aman

[Derek Cross]

Creating a One-Page Scrollable Website in Muse

[davidh70966395]

Thanks George.

I don't see scrolling view in the PDF export options. Is it in the Interactive options or Print options?

[Derek Cross]

Have a look at the InDesign plugin in5: Ajar Productions: in5 - Home

[davidh70966395]

Thanks Derek! I'm checking that out now.

[Derek Cross]

You can pay extra and license in5 for just teh month you use it, if you only need it for say one job.

[BobLevine]

You can try this: http://ajarproductions.com/scroll/

But that would require the entire page to be in a scrolling frame so make sure to test thoroughly.

[davidh70966395]

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate your help.

David

[SanyamTalwar]

Try exporting to HTML, It will be easy to scroll for your audience and no need to zoom.

[Derek Cross]

You sure about that sanyamt?

[SanyamTalwar · Accepted solution]

I created a document with the dimensions above and then pasted lot of picture. Then i exported the indd document to HTML. I was able to read the document. You can try this by yourself and see results.

[davidh70966395]

When I export the document using Export > HTML I lose all the formatting in the InDesign document. But when I export using Export HTML5 with in5 > Continuous Scroll (Vertical), all the formatting is preserved.

This is the solution I was looking for! Thanks to all of you for your help.