Indesign book layout checklist

There are a lot of pieces to keep track of when finalizing a book layout in InDesign. Much of this can be generalized to a simple checklist.

• Metadata in File Information updated based on copyright page
• Parent pages applied correctly for all pages
• Paragraph styles for all paragraphs
• All italics/bold/etc. converted to character styles
• Auto-generated table of contents added and updated
• Bookmarks for all pages not automatically added by the Table of Contents (e.g. cover, back cover, copyright, table of contents, etc.)
• All internal page references converted to cross references
• All URLs converted to hyperlinks

Optional extras

• Cover pages prepended
  • New section for cover pages
  • Section prefix: c
• Conditional text for multiple versions (i.e. if we need to credit different printers depending on the run)