Making alternate layouts in one file for both print and web?!?!?!

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July 24, 2017
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How do I take a 6x9 print file (using inches) and add two iPad alternate layouts (using pixels) to the same file?

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The test was everything I thought it would be. Testing for things that aren't important in the actual understanding of how to create print/web ready files. Made a 5 out of 5 anyway, even though I would never submit files that that to a printer or upload to any digital format. -shrug-

BobLevine

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That’s the problem with tests sometimes. They test your ability to take tests more than anything else.

Erica Gamet

Inspiring

When you create the alternate layouts, you can use another unit of measurments (indicating px for pixels on the new iPad layouts). You can always right-click on the rulers and switch them to pixels (which switches the entire document's rulers)...but it's easy enough to do.

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heatherm22623790Author

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Now when I change my rulers to pixels AND chose to create an iPad alternate layout, the measurements in the box STILL say 6x9 inches. Maybe my indesign has a bug? Or is a setting I have wrong somewhere?

rob day

Community Expert

How do I take my print file, and create two new iPad alternate layouts, while keeping the print file in the same document? I am making a test file, 6x9 print, inches, and tried converting the intent of the document to mobile so when I then create the two alternate layouts, the dialog box gives me the option to choose iPad sizes, but that isn't working. It either is changing the size of my 6x9 document, or in the alternate layout dialoge box it isn't changing to the mobile size options.

How do I take my print file, and create two new iPad alternate layouts

You never answered Bob's question. You'll have to export the document in order to view it on an iPad, what's the format going to be?

Steve Werner

Community Expert

Units are a document setting. You can't mix units in an InDesign document.

You can pick one unit, and you could enter values in the other unit in a field, but they will be converted to the units set in the document.

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heatherm22623790Author

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Makes complete sense. Now that I've switched my 6x9 inches doc to pixels, when I try and create my two alternate iPad layouts, they still say inches. I think I'm losing my marbles.

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