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Use Adobe Content Viewer to preview folios. The Adobe Content
Viewer is available as a desktop application or as a mobile device
application. The Desktop Viewer is installed automatically when
you install the Folio Producer tools. The viewer for mobile devices
is available for download in the iPad App Store, Android Market,
Amazon Appstore, and PlayBook App World. Search for “Adobe Content
Viewer.”
As soon as you create a folio or article, you can preview it
using the Desktop Viewer or the viewer on your mobile device. However,
to preview a folio, the articles in the folio must have the same
aspect ratio and layout orientation. For example, if your folio
includes a horizontal-only article mixed with dual-orientation articles,
you cannot preview the folio. Instead, preview only the article.
Use the Desktop Viewer to preview contentThe Adobe Content Viewer for the Desktop (also called the
Desktop Viewer) is an AIR app that lets you preview folios on your
desktop.
Articles exported with PDF image format are currently not supported
in the Desktop Viewer.
In the Folio Builder panel in InDesign, select the folio
or article that you want to preview.
If you select a folio,
all the articles in that folio are available for preview. If you select
an article, only that article can be previewed.
Use the Preview button at the bottom of the panel.
While
previewing, press Ctrl/Command+r to rotate the orientation. Press
the + or - keys to zoom in and out.
 You can also preview a document by choosing File
> Folio Preview or clicking Preview in the Overlay Creator panel.
It isn’t necessary to create an article beforehand. This method
is especially useful when your computer is not connected to the
Internet. However, only one layout is previewed. Use a different
method to preview both layouts. Use the iPad Viewer to preview contentThe Adobe Content Viewer for the iPad is a generic version
of the viewer used for testing the digital content you create on
the iPad. The iPad Viewer is updated whenever the Folio Producer
tools are updated.
Note: However, when a new set of tools is released, folios you create
with those tools may not work properly until Apple approves the
new viewer version. If you try to open the folio, a “Please update
your app” message appears. If you have a Professional or Enterprise
account, you can create a custom version of the Adobe Content Viewer. See Create a custom Adobe Content Viewer for iPad. Otherwise, hold off
on updating the tools or use the Desktop Viewer until Apple approves
the updated viewer.
The Adobe Content Viewer library checks two locations for folios—the acrobat.com
server and the Distribution Service. The acrobat.com server contains
all folios that appear in your Folio Builder panel. The Distribution
Service contains all published folios. A blue stripe in the upper
left corner of the folio thumbnail indicates an acrobat.com folio.
Any folio published as Retail does not appear in the Adobe Content
Viewer.
If you have previously download the Adobe Content Viewer,
remove the previous version from your iPad and from iTunes, and
then sync your iPad.
On your iPad, download the Adobe Content Viewer from the
App Store.
Start the Adobe Viewer app.
Sync your iPad so that the Adobe Viewer app is added to iTunes.
Start Adobe Viewer on the iPad, and sign in using the same
Adobe ID you use to sign in to the Folio Builder panel.
The
folios to which you have access are available for downloading and previewing.
Navigate using the viewerThe following navigation techniques work whether you’re
using the generic Adobe Content Viewer or a custom viewer.
Rotate the mobile device to display either the horizontal
or vertical version of the file.
Swipe up and down to read an article. Swipe left and right
to switch to a different article (or to switch to different pages
of a flattened article).
Tap interactive areas to play movies, rotate 360 images,
and activate other interactive items.
Tap a non-interactive area to display the navigation bars.
Tap the Home icon to jump to the beginning of the folio. Tap the
Back button to return to the previous view. Tap the Table of Contents
icon in the upper-left corner to view the table of contents. Tap
the Browse icon in the upper-right corner for a bird’s eye view
of the folio. Drag the Scrubber to scroll through article thumbnail images.
Tap the title in the navigation bar to return to the first
stack. Double-tap the title to toggle between the title and title
plus version display. Triple-tap the title to reset the issue so
that each article starts at the first page instead of the previously
viewed page.
 Adobe Content Viewer - A.
- Home button
- B.
- Back button
- C.
- Table
of Contents button
- D.
- Browse
button
- E.
- Scrubber
Use the Android Viewer to preview contentThe Adobe Content Viewer for the Android is a generic version
of the viewer used for testing the digital content you create on
the mobile devices running Android 2.2 or later. The Android Viewer
is updated whenever the Folio Producer tools are updated.
If you have not already done so, download AIR 2.6 Runtime
or later from the Android Market.
Download Adobe Content Viewer from the Android Market.
For
more information, see https://market.android.com/details?id=air.com.adobe.contentviewer.
Start Adobe Viewer on the Android device, and sign in using
the same Adobe ID you use to sign in to the Folio Builder panel.
The
folios to which you have access are available for downloading and previewing.
Features not supported in Android ViewerSome
of the features that work in the iPad Viewer are not supported in
the Android Viewer.
Panorama overlays, inline videos,
and pan & zoom PDF articles are not supported.
Web Content overlays and HTML articles are not fully supported.
Use the PlayBook Viewer to preview contentThe Adobe Content Viewer for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ is a generic version of the viewer used
for testing the digital content you create on the PlayBooks. The PlayBook
Viewer is updated whenever the Folio Producer tools are updated.
If you have not already done so, download AIR 2.6 Runtime
or later from BlackBerry App World.
Download “Adobe Content Viewer” from App World.
The
Adobe Content Viewer is located here: https://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/45624
Start Adobe Viewer on the Android device, and sign in using
the same Adobe ID you use to sign in to the Folio Builder panel.
The
folios to which you have access are available for downloading and previewing.
Features not supported in PlayBook ViewerSome
of the features that work in the iPad Viewer are not supported in
the PlayBook Viewer.
Panorama overlays, HTML articles,
right-edge binding, and pan & zoom PDF articles are not supported.
Web Content and Scrollable Content overlays are not fully
supported.
Use Preview on DeviceInstead of downloading folios from the server, you can
use the Preview on Device feature to copy a folio directly from
your computer to the mobile device.
Preview on Device for iPad (Mac OS only)Preview
on Device for the iPad is available only if you use the Viewer Builder
to create a custom version of the Adobe Content Viewer.
On your Mac OS computer, download a utility that allows your
computer to transfer files to your iPad.
Phone Disk is available
at www.macroplant.com/phonedisk/.
Connect your iPad to your computer.
Start your utility, and make sure that it’s directed to the
Adobe Content Viewer.
For example, if you’re using Phone Disk,
click the Phone Disk icon in the upper right tray, and then click
[iPad name] > Change Connection Root > Adobe Viewer.
On your iPad, start a custom Adobe Content Viewer created
using Viewer Builder.
It isn’t necessary to sign in.
In the Folio Builder panel in InDesign, select the folio
you want to preview, and then choose the Preview on [iPad name]
from the Preview menu at the bottom of the panel.
The folio
is copied from your computer to your iPad.
Preview on Device for AndroidDo the following to make sure that your Android device can
communicate properly with your computer.
Connect your Android device to your computer.
Start Adobe Content Viewer (v1.9 or later).
In the Folio Builder panel in InDesign, select the folio
you want to preview, and then choose the device name from the Preview
menu at the bottom of the panel.
The folio is copied from
your computer to your Android device.
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