Here are some how-to articles about tackling specific tasks in Hederis (you can also find these articles in the navigation menu to the left):
How-to Articles
Written by The Hederis Team
Getting Started
Step-by-Step Guide
- Step-by-Step Guide: Introduction
- Step-by-Step Part 1: Setup
- Step-by-Step Part 2: Upload
- Step-by-Step Part 3: Structure and Text Edits
- Step-by-Step Part 4: Design
- Step-by-Step Part 5: Build
File Management, Uploads, and Downloads
- Upload a Manuscript
- Exporting files, and more about the Export menu
- IDML exports
- Create a Named Backup
Working with Book Text
- About Styles
- Paragraphs, Wrappers, Sections, and Inlines
- Styles and the Edit Text Pane
- Editing with Microsoft Word and Using Word Styles
- Add a Paragraph
- Add a Wrapper
- Add a Section
- Add or Delete an Inline
- Add a Hyperlink
- Using Footnotes
- Automatically Generate a Table of Contents
- Set up a Table of Contents Manually
- Include content only in the PDF or EPUB
Design
- Design Templates
- Using Different Template for the PDF and EPUB Files
- The top-right toolbar: Single View, Guides, Grid, and Run Layout
- Working with the Baseline Grid
- The left sidebar: Design tools
- General Page Design
- Create Custom Hyphenation Patterns
- Page Templates
- Sections & Text
- Designing SECT elements (sections)
- Designing BOX elements (wrappers)
- Designing text paragraphs
- Center a paragraph, image, or other block element
- Use a Custom Font
- Use the Limit These Changes menu to adjust the design of only certain paragraphs or elements
- Understanding Design Overrides and How to Remove or Change Them
- Automatically insert TOC page numbers
- Add printer marks
- Add a Watermark in the PDF Margins or Behind Text
- Add special layout instructions
- Upload a custom design template
- Add custom CSS
Paging
- Force a Chapter to Start on a Recto (Right) Page
- Adjust letter spacing by tightening and loosening text (PDF-only)
Images
- Image File Requirements and Best Practices: Filename, Format, Image Size
- Types of images: block and inline
- Add a block image
- Add an inline image
- Images with captions, sources, or other extra content
- Add ALT text for an image
- Replace or Delete an Image
- Upload a cover file
- Include full-page images in the PDF
- Resize an image in the design preview
- Grayscale images in the PDF
Validation and Preflight
- EPUB Validation
- Font Warnings in the PDF, and how to fix them
- Convert an EPUB to MOBI or KF8 for the Kindle
- PDF preflight and prepress
Groups and Billing
- Add Your Billing Information
- About Groups
- Create a Group
- Set Up Billing for Your Group
- Invite a Collaborator
How Do I…
- Create a Hanging Indent
- Add an Ornamental Image to a Line Space Paragraph
- Add an Ornamental Image on the Same Line as a Chapter Title Paragraph
- Add Roman Text After Italicized Text, in a Locked Chapter
Appendix
Getting Started
Step-by-Step Guide
- Step-by-Step Guide: Introduction
- Step-by-Step Part 1: Setup
- Step-by-Step Part 2: Upload
- Step-by-Step Part 3: Structure and Text Edits
- Step-by-Step Part 4: Design
- Step-by-Step Part 5: Build
File Management, Uploads, and Downloads
- Upload a Manuscript
- Exporting files, and more about the Export menu
- IDML exports
- Create a Named Backup
Working with Book Text
- About Styles
- Paragraphs, Wrappers, Sections, and Inlines
- Styles and the Edit Text Pane
- Editing with Microsoft Word and Using Word Styles
- Add a Paragraph
- Add a Wrapper
- Add a Section
- Add or Delete an Inline
- Add a Hyperlink
- Using Footnotes
- Automatically Generate a Table of Contents
- Set up a Table of Contents Manually
- Include content only in the PDF or EPUB
Design
- Design Templates
- Using Different Template for the PDF and EPUB Files
- The top-right toolbar: Single View, Guides, Grid, and Run Layout
- Working with the Baseline Grid
- The left sidebar: Design tools
- General Page Design
- Create Custom Hyphenation Patterns
- Page Templates
- Sections & Text
- Designing SECT elements (sections)
- Designing BOX elements (wrappers)
- Designing text paragraphs
- Center a paragraph, image, or other block element
- Use a Custom Font
- Use the Limit These Changes menu to adjust the design of only certain paragraphs or elements
- Understanding Design Overrides and How to Remove or Change Them
- Automatically insert TOC page numbers
- Add printer marks
- Add a Watermark in the PDF Margins or Behind Text
- Add special layout instructions
- Upload a custom design template
- Add custom CSS
Paging
- Force a Chapter to Start on a Recto (Right) Page
- Adjust letter spacing by tightening and loosening text (PDF-only)
Images
- Image File Requirements and Best Practices: Filename, Format, Image Size
- Types of images: block and inline
- Add a block image
- Add an inline image
- Images with captions, sources, or other extra content
- Add ALT text for an image
- Replace or Delete an Image
- Upload a cover file
- Include full-page images in the PDF
- Resize an image in the design preview
- Grayscale images in the PDF
Validation and Preflight
- EPUB Validation
- Font Warnings in the PDF, and how to fix them
- Convert an EPUB to MOBI or KF8 for the Kindle
- PDF preflight and prepress
Groups and Billing
- Add Your Billing Information
- About Groups
- Create a Group
- Set Up Billing for Your Group
- Invite a Collaborator
How Do I…
- Create a Hanging Indent
- Add an Ornamental Image to a Line Space Paragraph
- Add an Ornamental Image on the Same Line as a Chapter Title Paragraph
- Add Roman Text After Italicized Text, in a Locked Chapter
