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